# Amputations at Plastic Materials, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065914` · 6/28/2017 · MACEDONIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Plastic Materials, Inc.
- **Location:** 775 Highland Rd, MACEDONIA, OHIO, 44056
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 6/28/2017, at approximately 7:45 a.m., an employee was cleaning the screen of a plastic extruder when his right index finger was caught and amputated between the screen and the heat collar.

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