# Amputations involving bone loss at LINCOLN ELECTRIC CO.
> OSHA SIR `2024054783` · 5/31/2024 · MENTOR, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Cleaning machinery, appliances  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** LINCOLN ELECTRIC CO.
- **Location:** 6500 HEISLEY ROAD, MENTOR, OHIO, 44060
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a point source dust collection system when the rotary valve amputated fingers and the thumb from their right hand.

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