# Amputations at AVERY DENNISON
> OSHA SIR `2018076775` · 7/6/2018 · PAINESVILLE, 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:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** AVERY DENNISON
- **Location:** 250 CHESTER STREET, PAINESVILLE, OHIO, 44077
- **NAICS:** 322222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 7/6/2018, an employee was operating a vertical mixer and was using a rag to press against the rotating shaft. The rotating shaft then caught the rag and pulled the employee's right hand into the mixer, resulting in a pinky finger amputation as well as a fracture and abrasions to the right wrist. The mixer was guarded at the time.

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