# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at USA Vinyl LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024098261` · 9/5/2024 · GROVEPORT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Boring, reaming, routing, notching machinery
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** USA Vinyl LLC
- **Location:** 5795 Green Point Drive, South, GROVEPORT, OHIO, 43125
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a notching machine when it came down on his finger, catching it in the machine's feeding area. The fingertip was crushed, resulting in a right index fingertip amputation. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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