# Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at Ohio Aluminum Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024053826` · 5/2/2024 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Casting machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Ohio Aluminum Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 4840 WARNER ROAD, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44125
- **NAICS:** 331524
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a sand core mold-making machine when his left index fingertip was pinched by a metal plate in the machine, resulting in a soft-tissue amputation that exposed bone.

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