# Amputations at Polychem Dispersions Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022065723` · 6/30/2022 · MIDDLEFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Polychem Dispersions Inc
- **Location:** 16066 Industrial Parkway, MIDDLEFIELD, OHIO, 44062
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mixing material using a 75-liter tilt mixer bucket containing rotating blades. The bucket tipped forward with its blades still spinning. When he reached in to remove material, they caught his hand and he suffered a hand amputation.

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