# Amputations at Ahresty Wilmington Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018077652` · 7/27/2018 · WILMINGTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** Ahresty Wilmington Corporation
- **Location:** 2627 S. South Street, WILMINGTON, OHIO, 45177
- **NAICS:** 331315
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to pull a 12" die when a synthetic web sling that was being hoisted by an overhead crane slid unexpectedly back down the shaft of the die, catching an employee's left thumb between the sling and the die. The employee's left thumb was amputated.

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