# Amputations at JOHNS MANVILLE
> OSHA SIR `2019099848` · 9/20/2019 · WATERVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JOHNS MANVILLE
- **Location:** 6050 RIVER RD., WATERVILLE, OHIO, 43566
- **NAICS:** 327993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 20, 2019, an employee was operating a runoff machine. The fiberglass material started to bind up. As the employee was correcting the issue, his left hand entangled in the fiberglass strands. The strands pulled his hand in, resulting a partial amputation of the thumb.

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