# Amputations involving bone loss at Westlake Royal Building Products
> OSHA SIR `2025032989` · 3/31/2025 · COLUMBUS, 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:** Westlake Royal Building Products
- **Location:** 1441 Universal Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43207
- **NAICS:** 327999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee opened a butterfly valve on a material hopper control panel and then went to clear a jam. The valve closed on his left hand. His left index and middle fingers were medically amputated above the knuckle.

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