# Amputations at Continental Structural Plastics
> OSHA SIR `20171111052` · 11/17/2017 · VAN WERT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Continental Structural Plastics
- **Location:** 1276 Industrial Drive, VAN WERT, OHIO, 45891
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a tear in an SMC machine. The dam that holds back pigment was lifted and then fell on the employee's right middle finger, amputating his fingertip.

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