# Amputations at Mondo Polymer Technologies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065782` · 6/12/2018 · MARIETTA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Mondo Polymer Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** 27620 St. Rt. 7, MARIETTA, OHIO, 45750
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 12, 2018, an employee was holding a cooling block on the downstream extruder "B" wheel, while another employee was bolting it in. The extruder machine's wheel rotated catching the employees left thumb and amputating it.

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