# Amputations at Plaskolite, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017109636` · 10/7/2017 · ZANESVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Plaskolite, LLC
- **Location:** 1175 5 B's Drive, ZANESVILLE, OHIO, 43701
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 7, 2017, an employee was clearing a jam from a hopper when the slide gate of a hopper closed on the employee's hand, amputating it.

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