# Amputations at Liqui-Box
> OSHA SIR `20171010244` · 10/25/2017 · ASHLAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Liqui-Box
- **Location:** 1817 Masters Ave., ASHLAND, OHIO, 44805
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 25, 2017, an employee suffered a tuft fracture/amputation to the right thumb while attempting to re-feed the bag making machine. The machine was guarded at the time.

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