# Amputations at Gem City Metal Technologies, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109632` · 10/18/2023 · DAYTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gem City Metal Technologies, LLC
- **Location:** 1825 E. First Street, DAYTON, OHIO, 45403
- **NAICS:** 333517
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 18, 2023, an employee was performing a die change on a hydroforming machine when one of the supports fell out, causing the die to fall and crush his left index finger against the machine. The employee suffered a partial amputation.

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