# Amputations at Continental Structural Plastics
> OSHA SIR `2018065818` · 6/13/2018 · VAN WERT, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Continental Structural Plastics
- **Location:** 1276 Industrial Drive, VAN WERT, OHIO, 45891
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While cleaning out the A-side actuator with another employee, the valve closed on the injured employee's right middle and index fingers resulting in amputation of the fingers.

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