# Amputations at Ohio Carbon Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043476` · 4/26/2016 · NOVA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Punch presses
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ohio Carbon Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 705 US Hwy 224, NOVA, OHIO, 44859
- **NAICS:** 335991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 26, 2016, at approximately 9:30 PM, an employee was spinning a non-energized rotary press by hand to clean excess oil with a rag. The rag was caught in the spinning press, pulling the employee's hand toward the punches. His right middle fingertip was amputated by the downward punch.

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