# Amputations at Department of Justice
> OSHA SIR `2016087460` · 8/10/2016 · ASHLAND, KENTUCKY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of Justice
- **Location:** State Route 176, ASHLAND, KENTUCKY, 41105
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a laminate glue machine when his right thumb became stuck in the machine rollers, amputating his thumb tip.

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