# Amputations at Miamitown Auto Parts & Recycling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096437` · 9/3/2015 · CLEVES, 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 during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Miamitown Auto Parts & Recycling, Inc.
- **Location:** 8379 Harrison Pike, CLEVES, OHIO, 45002
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee using a power shear amputated a digit on his left index finger when his finger got caught between the shear blades.

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