# Amputations at Polyfill, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201110893` · 11/17/2020 · SIDNEY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Polyfill, LLC
- **Location:** 960 N. Vandemark Rd., SIDNEY, OHIO, 45365
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 17, 2020, employees were replacing a steel core. The injured employee was releasing air from the airshaft by depressing the air valve while a forklift operator was removing the airshaft from the steel core. The injured employee's right index finger was pinched between the steel core and the airshaft causing a partial fingertip amputation.

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