# Amputations at Medina Materials
> OSHA SIR `2021075392` · 7/1/2021 · LODI, 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:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** Medina Materials
- **Location:** 8215 Seville Road, LODI, OHIO, 44254
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee and a co-worker were cleaning the jammed auger system of the rotary airlock feeder. The injured employee was using a piece of rebar when his hand and arm were pulled into the auger. His hand was injured and three fingers were amputated by the rotating auger.

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