# Amputations at The Lincoln Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2023087316` · 8/11/2023 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** The Lincoln Electric Company
- **Location:** 22801 St Clair Avenue, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44117
- **NAICS:** 333992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was obtaining a sample from a mixing machine in the chemical department when their hand contacted the mixing blade. The employee sustained partial fingertip amputations to the middle and ring ringers. The machine was running at the time.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*