# Amputations at National Machine Group
> OSHA SIR `20161110345` · 11/2/2016 · STOW, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** National Machine Group
- **Location:** 4880 Hudson Drive, STOW, OHIO, 44224
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disassembling the Y-axis ball on a CNC machine when the ball came loose. He moved the ball screw and it became dislodged and struck his left index finger, amputating it just behind the fingernail.

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