# Amputations at Sherwin Williams Product Finishes
> OSHA SIR `2017087623` · 8/9/2017 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## 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:** Paint mixing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sherwin Williams Product Finishes
- **Location:** 1570 Old Leonard Avenue, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43219
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the shaft of a mixer with a solvent soaked rag and reached over to turn down the speed of the mixer. The rag on his hand wrapped around the rotating shaft, pulling on his left middle finger and amputating it at the second knuckle.

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