# Amputations at Epix Tube
> OSHA SIR `2020043178` · 4/7/2020 · DAYTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Milling machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Epix Tube
- **Location:** 5800 Wolf Creek, DAYTON, OHIO, 45426
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a scouring pad to remove excess zinc from a steel tube on a mill. As the employee was moving up and down the tube, the employee's gloved hand was pulled into the mill's rollers, resulting in partial amputations to the right middle and ring fingers.

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