# Amputations at ALEX PRODUCTS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018032245` · 3/6/2018 · PAULDING, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** ALEX PRODUCTS, INC.
- **Location:** 810 GASSER ROAD, PAULDING, OHIO, 45879
- **NAICS:** 336360
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a wire draw machine when the employee's glove was caught in the machine, which then pulled the employee's hand into the machine. The wire pressed the employee's right index finger against the plate, resulting in a partial amputation.

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