# Amputations involving bone loss at Advanced Composites, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241211344` · 12/9/2024 · SIDNEY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Composites, Inc.
- **Location:** 1062 Fourth Ave., SIDNEY, OHIO, 45365
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working inside a silo room. As they went to clear plastic material (pellets) from the machine, they contacted the rotary valve at the bottom of the silo, resulting in the amputation of their left middle and ring fingers. The machine was not guarded and 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*