# Amputations at MAGNUM MAGNETICS CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2022043377` · 4/19/2022 · CALDWELL, 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:** MAGNUM MAGNETICS CORPORATION
- **Location:** 17289 Industrial Hwy,, CALDWELL, OHIO, 43724
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an industrial mixer and attempting to break free bridged off powder in the conveyor. The powder broke free, and the employee's right thumb was caught between conveyor and housing resulting in amputation through the first distal phalanx.

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