# Amputations at Natural Essentials, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043675` · 4/24/2017 · AURORA, 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:** Planing mills
## Employer
- **Name:** Natural Essentials, Inc.
- **Location:** 125 Lena Drive, AURORA, OHIO, 44202
- **NAICS:** 325620
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trouble shooting a planer that was making noise. The employee took off the guards and disassembled the planer. The employee plugged the motor in and while he was checking the bearings his right hand contacted the rotating planer blades resulting in multiple finger amputations.

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