# Amputations at Sherwin Williams
> OSHA SIR `2021098105` · 9/20/2021 · GROVE CITY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sherwin Williams
- **Location:** 3875 Brookham Drive, GROVE CITY, OHIO, 43123
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a paint extruder machine when It began to gum up. Half an inch of his left thumb was amputated in an opening on the machine.

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