# Amputations at Johnson Welded Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015030909` · 3/2/2015 · URBANA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Johnson Welded Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 625 S.Edgewood Ave, URBANA, OHIO, 43078
- **NAICS:** 333992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing plugs into tank bushings. The tester operator actuated the test sequence, causing the safety door to close while the employee's hand was in the door. The employee's left ring finger was amputated halfway down to the fingernail.

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