# Amputations at West Troy, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017054123` · 5/6/2017 · TROY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** West Troy, LLC
- **Location:** 650 Olympic Dr., TROY, OHIO, 45373
- **NAICS:** 333514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a machine and greasing a chain when a finger was caught in the machine's chain and sprocket resulting in partial amputation of the right thumb. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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