# Amputations at Park Ohio Assembly Components Group
> OSHA SIR `2016032314` · 3/16/2016 · OCALA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Park Ohio Assembly Components Group
- **Location:** 3100 SE MARICAMP RD, OCALA, FLORIDA, 34471
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing hose reels at the Cover Extruder machine when his right thumb was caught in the Kevlar string used to splice two sections of rubber hose, amputating it above the first knuckle. He required surgery.

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