# Amputations at Midwest Elastomers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054423` · 5/1/2019 · WAPAKONETA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Elastomers, Inc.
- **Location:** 700 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, WAPAKONETA, OHIO, 45895
- **NAICS:** 325212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 1, 2019, an employee was cleaning out the cyclone of the cryo line downstream of the mill take-away. The employee contacted the rotary air lock and amputated his right middle, ring, and pinky fingers.

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