# Amputations at Boomerang Rubber, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181213125` · 12/22/2018 · BOTKINS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Boomerang Rubber, Inc.
- **Location:** 105 Dinsmore Dr., BOTKINS, OHIO, 45306
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unjamming a baler when it started, catching the employee's right foot. Two of the employees toes were amputated and one toe was partially amputated.

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