# Amputations at Pilot Chemical Company of Ohio
> OSHA SIR `2021098401` · 9/29/2021 · MIDDLETOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilot Chemical Company of Ohio
- **Location:** 3439 Yankee Rd., MIDDLETOWN, OHIO, 45044
- **NAICS:** 325611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping fix a front entrance gate where a chain was twisted. The employee's right ring finger was caught between a rail guide and the rail, and the fingertip was amputated.

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