# Amputations involving bone loss at Fuyao Glass America
> OSHA SIR `2025076467` · 7/5/2025 · MORAINE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Heating and cooking machinery, appliances  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Fuyao Glass America
- **Location:** 2801 West Stroop Road, MORAINE, OHIO, 45439
- **NAICS:** 327211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 5, 2025, an employee was working to lubricate the chain on an autoclave machine in the coating factory. Their left index finger was caught in the machine resulting in surgical amputation at the first joint. The machine was guarded at the time, but was not locked out/tagged out.

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