# Amputations at LEWCO, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010709` · 1/25/2017 · SANDUSKY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** LEWCO, Inc.
- **Location:** 706 Lane Street, SANDUSKY, OHIO, 44870
- **NAICS:** 333922
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was demonstrating the metal bender to another employee when their glove was caught between two rollers resulting in the partial amputation of the left index finger.

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