# Amputations at Associated Materials Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043481` · 4/22/2022 · WEST SALEM, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Associated Materials Inc.
- **Location:** 265 Congress St., WEST SALEM, OHIO, 44287
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unjam an extrusion machine. A running saw blade amputated the employee's left thumb and index finger.

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