# Amputations at The Lincoln Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2022010281` · 1/11/2022 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Sanders-powered
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Lincoln Electric Company
- **Location:** 22801 St Clair Avenue, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44117
- **NAICS:** 333992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pedestal disk sander to chamfer a part. The employee suffered an amputation to a left-hand fingertip, caused by the part.

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