# Amputations at DW Tool, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015031312` · 3/19/2015 · JACKSON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** DW Tool, INC.
- **Location:** 5830 State Highway V, JACKSON, MISSOURI, 63755
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While working on the rotary valve of the tumbler machine, an employee attempted to clear out a clog with his hand; his first four fingers were amputated. The machine was still running at the time of the incident.

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