# Amputations at Pitt Plastics
> OSHA SIR `2018088385` · 8/15/2018 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Formers-paper production
## Employer
- **Name:** Pitt Plastics
- **Location:** 3980 Groves Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43232
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 15, 2018, at approximately 10:30 a.m., an employee was attempting to clear a jam in the feeding section on a box former machine when the employee's gloved hand was caught by the machine's shuttle carrier, causing injuries that required surgical amputation of the middle finger on the employee's left hand. The machine was guarded 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*