# Amputations at Grand River Rubber
> OSHA SIR `2016065617` · 6/23/2016 · ASHTABULA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Grand River Rubber
- **Location:** 2029 Aetna Rd, ASHTABULA, OHIO, 44004
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a die and pin change on an extruder line. The employee moved the automatic cutting machine away from the extruder. When the employee hand-fed material through the cutting machine, it cycled and amputated the right index and middle fingers.

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