# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at Nox US, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017076391` · 7/11/2017 · FOSTORIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Nox US, LLC
- **Location:** 931 South Springville Avenue, FOSTORIA, OHIO, 44830
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting maintenance activities on the recycle material system of a lamination machine. The employee's right hand was caught in a butterfly valve when the valve closed. The employee sustained an avulsion and partial amputation of the index finger and an avulsion and fracture of the middle finger. The equipment was not locked out at the time.

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