# Amputations at Little Tikes Company
> OSHA SIR `20161211719` · 12/17/2016 · HUDSON, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Little Tikes Company
- **Location:** 2180 Barlow Rd., HUDSON, OHIO, 44236
- **NAICS:** 451120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 17, 2016, an employee was attempting to clear a jam during a plastic grinding process when the airlock's rotating mechanical paddle wheel caught the employee's hand. The employee's left middle and ring fingers were amputated at the second knuckle.

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