# Amputations at Sun America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020032223` · 3/9/2020 · ALLIANCE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sun America, LLC
- **Location:** 46 North Rockhill Avenue, ALLIANCE, OHIO, 44601
- **NAICS:** 424130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 9, 2020, an employee was trying to remove a tool die from a thermoforming machine when his left index fingertip was caught between the machine's handle and its shaft. The fingertip was amputated.

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