# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at MidAmerica Stainless, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024021804` · 2/27/2024 · EUCLID, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Shearing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** MidAmerica Stainless, LLC
- **Location:** 20900 St Clair Ave, EUCLID, OHIO, 44117
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 27, 2024, an employee was operating a 48" metal slitter and was checking for burrs near the recoiling arm when they sustained amputation of their left little fingertip.

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