# Amputations at Valfilm, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018032260` · 3/7/2018 · FINDLAY, 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:** Valfilm, LLC
- **Location:** 3441 North Main Street, FINDLAY, OHIO, 45840
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was teaching a new employee how to operate a guillotine when the alignment of a product roll inside the guillotine needed to be fixed. The employee was attempting to grab the roll when the controls were activated. The guillotine then came down on the employee s left hand, amputating the pinky, ring, middle, and index fingers. The guillotine was guarded at the time of the incident.

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