# Amputations at Playtex Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015074870` · 7/20/2015 · SIDNEY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Playtex Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 1905 Progress Way, SIDNEY, OHIO, 45365
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about July 21, 2015, an employee suffered a left thumb amputation when her hand was pulled into a rotating part while unjamming an Elsner machine.

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