# Amputations at DECEUNINCK NORTH AMERICA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181213265` · 12/29/2018 · MONROE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DECEUNINCK NORTH AMERICA, LLC
- **Location:** 351 N. Garver Rd., MONROE, OHIO, 45050
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a compound receiving bin to remove a jam around the flow valve. When the compound receiving bin flow valve became dislodged, the compound bin started again and amputated the employee's left middle fingertip.

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