# Amputations at SANOH AMERICA
> OSHA SIR `2017109856` · 10/13/2017 · FINDLAY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** SANOH AMERICA
- **Location:** 1849 INDUSTRIAL DR., FINDLAY, OHIO, 45840
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 13, 2017, an employee was untangling steel tubing on the front load end of a plating line when the machine recognized a change in tension and began pulling the tubing, which then pinched and amputated the employee's right ring fingertip. The machine was powered on at the time of the incident.

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