# Amputations at UGN, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023098079` · 9/1/2023 · MONROE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UGN, INC.
- **Location:** 201 Exploration Drive, MONROE, OHIO, 45050
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a machine when their hand was caught between a chain and sprocket of a rotating drum, causing a partial amputation to the left ring finger. The machine was running at the time and the chain and sprocket were not guarded.

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