# Amputations involving bone loss at Chapin Custom Molding, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024053804` · 5/1/2024 · ELYRIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Stationary saws  band
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Chapin Custom Molding, Inc.
- **Location:** 635 Oberlin Elyria Road, ELYRIA, OHIO, 44035
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 1, 2024, around 12:00 PM, an employee was cutting plastic material using a band saw when their left index finger was amputated to the first knuckle.

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