# Amputations at Ohio Elastomers Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087995` · 8/30/2023 · PERRY, 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:** Ohio Elastomers Inc.
- **Location:** 3470 Blackmore Road, PERRY, OHIO, 44081
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hydraulic plastic molding press when one of the mold pieces got stuck in the machine. The employee went to retrieve the piece and one of the plates came down on top of their hand. The controls were then activated causing the plate to crush the employee's hand. This resulted in the amputation of a finger.

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