# Amputations at Midwest Acust-A-Fiber, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018066352` · 6/26/2018 · DELAWARE, 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:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Acust-A-Fiber, Inc.
- **Location:** 759 Pittsburgh Drive, DELAWARE, OHIO, 43015
- **NAICS:** 327993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading and unloading fiberglass blanks on a heated hydraulic press. One of the press's cylinders broke and the platen dropped onto the employee's right hand, resulting in the amputation of four fingers.

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