# Amputations at Accutech Films, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088042` · 8/7/2018 · COLDWATER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Accutech Films, Inc.
- **Location:** 620 HARDIN ST., COLDWATER, OHIO, 45828
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 7, 2018, an employee was releasing air from a winder shaft when another employee pushed the core onto the shaft while the employee's finger was still on the air release valve. The employee's left index fingertip was caught between the shaft and the core, 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*