# Amputations at Merryweather Foam, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088814` · 8/27/2018 · BARBERTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Merryweather Foam, Inc.
- **Location:** 11 Brown Street, BARBERTON, OHIO, 44203
- **NAICS:** 326150
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee operating a cutter machine was changing out the foam sizes when his right hand entered the equipment and contacted the cutter blade, amputating his middle and ring fingers at the end of the nailbed. The equipment was locked out at the time.

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