# Amputations at EVONIK INDUSTRIES
> OSHA SIR `20231110154` · 11/3/2023 · GARYVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** EVONIK INDUSTRIES
- **Location:** 3606 LA 44, GARYVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70051
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing clumped absorbent from the bottom of a dust collector when the rotary valve at the base of the collector contacted the employee s right middle fingertip. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture to the fingertip which required medical amputation.

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