# Amputations at AKRON POLYMER PRODUCTS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20181213092` · 12/21/2018 · AKRON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AKRON POLYMER PRODUCTS, INC.
- **Location:** 571 Kennedy Rd, AKRON, OHIO, 44305
- **NAICS:** 326121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a vertical press and sustained the amputation of the right thumb tip.

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