# Amputations at Xenia Foundry & Machine Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019087884` · 8/2/2019 · XENIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** Xenia Foundry & Machine Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 252 N West St, XENIA, OHIO, 45385
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A no-bake foundry operator was cleaning sand from a mixer discharge. The sand mixer blades came into contact with the employee's fingers. About an inch of the left index finger was amputated; the employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery to other fingers.

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