# Amputations at Continental Carbon Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065563` · 6/22/2023 · BARBERTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Continental Carbon Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 345 15th St, BARBERTON, OHIO, 44203
- **NAICS:** 423990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing the access hole of a tank to loosen material. The employee's hammer was dropped into the airlock and their left hand was caught in the airlock. Three of the employee's left hand fingertips were amputated.

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