# Amputations at Breitinger Company
> OSHA SIR `2022109448` · 10/27/2022 · MANSFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Breitinger Company
- **Location:** 595 Oakenwaldt St., MANSFIELD, OHIO, 44905
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 27, 2022, an employee was working on a stuck welding fixture on a bench. An air cylinder cycled, and the employee's left ring finger was caught between the cylinder and a block. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the finger.

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