# Amputations at American Showa
> OSHA SIR `2018021605` · 2/15/2018 · SUNBURY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Showa
- **Location:** 707 W Cherry St, SUNBURY, OHIO, 43074
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee got the right middle finger caught in a running machine while watching a maintenance employee troubleshoot the machine resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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