# Amputations at Reliacheck Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010443` · 10/9/2018 · AVON LAKE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Slitters, winders-paper production
## Employer
- **Name:** Reliacheck Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 3354 Pin Oak Pkwy., AVON LAKE, OHIO, 44012
- **NAICS:** 322219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 9, 2018, an employee was helping to clear a jam on a paper winder when the winder cycled and the blade caught the employee's right index finger, resulting in a partial amputation.

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