# Amputations at Glasfloss Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087748` · 8/14/2017 · LANCASTER, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Glasfloss Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 2168 Commerce Street, LANCASTER, OHIO, 43130
- **NAICS:** 333411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shearing galvanized metal in a shear. The employee used a wooden box to set the metal square. The employee's left thumb was then caught and amputated (flesh only) between the box and the shear arm.

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