# Amputations at Ohio Edison Company
> OSHA SIR `2015086004` · 8/21/2015 · AKRON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Ohio Edison Company
- **Location:** Englewood/Sieberling Ave, AKRON, OHIO, 44305
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stringing new power line using pools of wire that are carried on a reel mounted on a trailer.  His finger got pinched in the reel, and his left ring finder was crushed and amputated.

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