# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Delrin USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241211410` · 12/10/2024 · WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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  unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Delrin USA, LLC
- **Location:** 2800 DuPont Road, WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26181
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an extruder. After he removed the blind flange where the rotary valve wipers were located, his left index and ring fingers were caught in a two-inch opening and both fingertips were amputated.

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