# Amputations at Continental Structural Plastics
> OSHA SIR `2017043830` · 4/19/2017 · CONNEAUT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Continental Structural Plastics
- **Location:** 333 Gore Road, CONNEAUT, OHIO, 44030
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 19, 2017, an employee was attempting to clear a plugged fiberglass tube from the sheet molding compound machine's glass cutter. While pulling the fiberglass through the tube, the employee's right middle fingertip struck the rotating cotton roller and was amputated. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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