# Amputations at Deltech Polymers Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016075933` · 7/1/2016 · TROY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Deltech Polymers Corporation
- **Location:** 1250 Union Street, TROY, OHIO, 45373
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a pelletizer machine that cuts crystal polystyrene using a knife blade. He made contact with the pelletizer machine blade, amputating his right-hand index fingertip. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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