# Amputations at Star Plastics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043590` · 4/14/2018 · MILLWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Star Plastics, Inc.
- **Location:** 326 Jack Burlingame Drive, MILLWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA, 25262
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clean debris out of rotary valve piping when the employee's left index finger contacted the rotary valve, amputating the fingertip.

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