# Amputations at Rohm & Haas Chemical LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015063525` · 6/9/2015 · WEST ALEXANDRIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Rohm & Haas Chemical LLC
- **Location:** 10 South Electric Street, WEST ALEXANDRIA, OHIO, 45381
- **NAICS:** 325520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about June 9, 2015, an employee went up on an aerial lift to work on a motor. The belt was still rotating at the time, and it amputated his right index fingertip.

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