# Amputations at Ohio Polytech, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015031399` · 3/23/2015 · BUCYRUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ohio Polytech, LLC
- **Location:** 201 E. Beal Ave., BUCYRUS, OHIO, 44820
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about March 23, 2015, an employee received a thumb tip amputation while trying to remove a chain and sprocket from a calcium silo system. The system was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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