# Amputations at Owens-Illinois Glass
> OSHA SIR `2016076811` · 7/26/2016 · PERRYSBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Owens-Illinois Glass
- **Location:** 1 Michael Owens Way, PERRYSBURG, OHIO, 43551
- **NAICS:** 327213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting maintenance on the HVAC when the wind caused the HVAC blades to unexpectedly move, amputating the intermediate phalange of the employee's right middle finger and the distal phalange of the right ring finger.

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