# Amputations at Lone Star Plastics Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015031043` · 3/7/2015 · PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lone Star Plastics Inc
- **Location:** 1107 Doster Rd, PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA, 36067
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 7, 2015, at 3 AM, an employee was cleaning a roller with a rag. The roller was in operation at the time. The rag became entangled and was pulled into the roller, pulling the employee's hand in with it and resulting in an amputation to his right ring fingertip.

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