# Amputations at American Aluminum Extrusions
> OSHA SIR `2017043576` · 4/20/2017 · CANTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** American Aluminum Extrusions
- **Location:** 4416 Louisville Street, CANTON, OHIO, 44705
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a broken bolt on a pneumatic cylinder of a 3,000 ton aluminum extrusion machine and amputated the right thumb at the first knuckle joint. The machine was guarded by distance with a guardrail system. The machine was running at the time.

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