# Amputations at L&W Engineering
> OSHA SIR `2017043787` · 4/28/2017 · AVON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** L&W Engineering
- **Location:** 1190 Jaycox Rd., AVON, OHIO, 44011
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 28, 2017, an employee was setting up a die on a roller conveyor when the die shifted and rolled on the conveyor, pinching the end of his left middle finger. He sustained a crushing injury resulting in amputation of the left middle fingertip.

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