# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at RUF US, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065404` · 6/18/2024 · ELYRIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object pushed or pulled by person
- **Source:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Drives, belts, chains
## Employer
- **Name:** RUF US, Inc.
- **Location:** 771 Sugar Lane, ELYRIA, OHIO, 44035
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 18, 2024, around 1:35 PM, an employee was rolling back a briquetting machine by hand when their little fingertip was caught and amputated between the belt and pulley.

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