# Amputations at MIDWEST ELASTOMERS
> OSHA SIR `2017043015` · 4/3/2017 · WAPAKONETA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MIDWEST ELASTOMERS
- **Location:** 700 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, WAPAKONETA, OHIO, 45895
- **NAICS:** 325212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leveling off debris from a trash box directly underneath the airlock system when the employee's hand was caught in the airlock, amputating the left index finger distal tip.

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