# Amputations at Rhetech Colors
> OSHA SIR `2021021329` · 2/13/2021 · SANDUSKY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rhetech Colors
- **Location:** 2901 West Monroe St., SANDUSKY, OHIO, 44870
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 13, 2021, an employee was working to unjam a pelletizer machine when their finger was caught by an auger blade and partially amputated. The machine had been turned off, and a guard was open at the time of the incident.

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