# Amputations at VENTURE PLASTICS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020076396` · 7/7/2020 · NEWTON FALLS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** VENTURE PLASTICS INC.
- **Location:** 4000 WARREN RD., NEWTON FALLS, OHIO, 44444
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a grinder. As the wheel was being spun, the machine's blade caught his left hand, cutting the fingers and amputating the middle fingertip.

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