# Amputations at JOHNS MANVILLE
> OSHA SIR `2023109433` · 10/12/2023 · DEFIANCE, 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:** Furnaces, heaters
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** JOHNS MANVILLE
- **Location:** 408 PERRY STREET, DEFIANCE, OHIO, 43512
- **NAICS:** 327993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 12, 2023, an employee was investigating a possible water leak when their glove was caught in the gears of the glass marble machine, resulting in amputation of the left little finger at the second knuckle. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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