# Amputations involving bone loss at Ohio Gasket & Shim Company
> OSHA SIR `2024109375` · 10/8/2024 · AKRON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Ohio Gasket & Shim Company
- **Location:** 976 Evans Ave., AKRON, OHIO, 44319
- **NAICS:** 339991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually feeding parts into a stamping press when his fingers were caught in the machine. The employee sustained amputations of his right index and middle fingers.

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