# Amputations at Alcoa Wheels and Transportation Products
> OSHA SIR `2016065604` · 6/23/2016 · BARBERTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Grates
## Employer
- **Name:** Alcoa Wheels and Transportation Products
- **Location:** 842 Norton Avenue, BARBERTON, OHIO, 44203
- **NAICS:** 331319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing metal flooring and had rested the pieces to be installed. When the employee moved one of the metal grates, the other fell over and landed on the employee's hand, amputating the left ring fingertip.

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