# Amputations at Artiflex Manufacturing LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022021585` · 2/18/2022 · WOOSTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Artiflex Manufacturing LLC
- **Location:** 1425 East Bowman Street, WOOSTER, OHIO, 44691
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were in a mechanical power press cell, using die blocks to investigate a spot on the die that appeared to be causing flaws to stamped parts. A robot activated the cam slide and an employee's right thumb was caught in the press, causing an amputation to the thumb.

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