# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Plaskolite, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024076134` · 7/9/2024 · ZANESVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Rakes, pitchforks
## Employer
- **Name:** Plaskolite, LLC
- **Location:** 1175 5 B's Drive, ZANESVILLE, OHIO, 43701
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clear debris from the bottom area of a material transfer belt feeding a grinder. As the employee used a hand rake to push/pull materials lodged between the conveyor roller and the side wall of the conveyor chute, the rake itself became caught. The employee was trying to dislodge it when their right index finger was caught and pinched between the roller and the rake. They suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.

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