# Amputations at Belden Brick
> OSHA SIR `2017032072` · 3/6/2017 · SUGARCREEK, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Belden Brick
- **Location:** 700 Edelweiss Drive, SUGARCREEK, OHIO, 44681
- **NAICS:** 327120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a dust collector air seal. As the employee was hooking up the air lines, he touched the rubber seal to verify the seal was engaged and another employee working with the him activated the air (start button). The injured employee's right index fingertip was amputated.

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