# Amputations at Durez Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20201110668` · 11/11/2020 · KENTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Durez Corporation
- **Location:** 13717 US HWY. 68 S, KENTON, OHIO, 43326
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing powder from a clogged dust collector on a grinder and suffered a partial amputation of the right index fingertip from the moving rotary valve feeder/air lock at the bottom of the hopper. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*