# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at The Lincoln Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2024043422` · 4/19/2024 · EUCLID, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Sanding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** The Lincoln Electric Company
- **Location:** 22801 ST. CLAIR AVENUE, EUCLID, OHIO, 44117
- **NAICS:** 333992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 19, 2024, an employee was using a vertical belt sander to sand a burr off a piece of metal. The piece of metal got caught between the belt and the rest of the table and pulled the employee's left index finger into the sanding belt resulting in partial amputation of the finger.

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