# Amputations at Dow Electronics Material
> OSHA SIR `2018043970` · 4/25/2018 · NEWARK, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Dow Electronics Material
- **Location:** 451 Belview Avenue, NEWARK, DELAWARE, 19713
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to load a conveyor during a new equipment startup. His left hand was on top of the conveyor enclosure with his thumb near the door rail track bearing when the operator actuated the equipment's door closure switch. The door then came down on and partially amputated the employee's left thumb.

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