# Amputations at ILPEA Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010164` · 1/6/2023 · AURORA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** ILPEA Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 1300 Danner Drive, AURORA, OHIO, 44202
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an extrusion line press. The employee was backing off the line, and clearing material near the nozzle when they became caught in the machine resulting in partial amputation of the right middle finger.

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