# Amputations at Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201212005` · 12/26/2020 · OLD FORT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 2501 E. County Road 34, OLD FORT, OHIO, 44861
- **NAICS:** 325181
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 26, 2020, an employee reached under a chain conveyor to get a piece of wood that had splintered from a pallet. The conveyor had been stopped, but it advanced and the employee's left hand was pulled between it and a tension roller. The employee suffered crushing injuries to the hand and amputations to the left middle finger and thumb.

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