# Amputations at DIMEX, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032271` · 3/13/2022 · MARIETTA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** DIMEX, LLC
- **Location:** 28305 STATE ROUTE 7, MARIETTA, OHIO, 45750
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 10:02 p.m. on March 13, 2022, an employee was unplugging a rotary valve (the chute was clogged and the metal and cloth guard was damaged). The machine was turned on while the employee's right-hand fingers were in the valve. The employee's ring and middle fingertips were amputated.

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