# Amputations at Inca Presswood Pallets, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2018088066` · 8/7/2018 · DOVER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Inca Presswood Pallets, LTD
- **Location:** 3005 Progress St, DOVER, OHIO, 44622
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unclog a filter on a deflasher machine when the airlocks caught the employee's right thumb, resulting in a thumb tip amputation. The airlock was not locked out and was turning at the time of the incident.

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