# Amputations at Oerlikon Friction Systems (US) Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016032511` · 3/23/2016 · DAYTON, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Oerlikon Friction Systems (US) Inc.
- **Location:** 240 Detrick St., DAYTON, OHIO, 45404
- **NAICS:** 336350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While loading friction paper into a laminator, an employee's left hand became caught between platens, lacerating the third and fourth fingers. The fourth finger had to be surgically amputated.

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