# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Convestro Newark Compounding Facility
> OSHA SIR `20241211321` · 12/8/2024 · HEBRON, 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:** Extruding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Screws
## Employer
- **Name:** Convestro Newark Compounding Facility
- **Location:** 1111 O'Neil Drive, HEBRON, OHIO, 43025
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inserting a large screw into the barrel of an extruder. The screw moved into the barrel unexpectedly, and the employee's little finger was caught between the screw and the barrel resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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