# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Thermoseal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087176` · 8/6/2024 · SIDNEY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Thermoseal, Inc.
- **Location:** 2350 Campbell Road, SIDNEY, OHIO, 45365
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 6, 2024, an employee was unjamming an extrusion cutter machine when the blade actuated and contacted their left-hand fingers, resulting in an amputation to the index finger and a laceration to the middle finger. The machine was guarded at the time.

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