# Amputations at Elster Perfection Honeywell
> OSHA SIR `2020076677` · 7/16/2020 · GENEVA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Elster Perfection Honeywell
- **Location:** 436 N Eagle St., GENEVA, OHIO, 44041
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leak testing gas riser parts when the leak tester's sliding clamp returned to its home position and caught his left index fingertip, resulting in a partial amputation.

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