# Amputations at MTD Consumer Group Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010570` · 1/19/2022 · WILLARD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** MTD Consumer Group Inc.
- **Location:** 979 South Conwell Avenue, WILLARD, OHIO, 44890
- **NAICS:** 333112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 19, 2022, a press operator (employee 1) and a lift truck driver (employee 2) were performing die changeover duties. Employee 1 was attempting to remove a piece of scrap metal when his glove was caught in the quick change die plate. He lowered his left hand and employee 2  took it as a signal to move forward with the die on the lift truck. When the lift truck moved forward, employee 1's right index finger became caught in a pinch point between the die and the die stop, resulting in an amputation.

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