# Amputations at GEO. GRADEL CO.
> OSHA SIR `2017043370` · 4/13/2017 · TOLEDO, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Boilers
- **Secondary source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GEO. GRADEL CO.
- **Location:** City of Toledo Water Intake, TOLEDO, OHIO, 43605
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 13, 2017, an employee was attempting to "block off" a cylindrical boiler and caught their right index finger between the boiler and the dunnage resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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