# Amputations at Summit Plastic Company
> OSHA SIR `20201211287` · 12/1/2020 · MOGADORE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Summit Plastic Company
- **Location:** 3175 Gilchrist Road, MOGADORE, OHIO, 44260
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an air hose to clean under a thermal former. The machine grabbed the hose and pulled the employee's hand into the gear, causing the amputation of one of her fingers.

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