# Amputations at MS Polymers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107325` · 10/2/2015 · CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MS Polymers, Inc.
- **Location:** 2733 South Harper Road, CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI, 38834
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing tape to hold the paper protector on a metal roller. The employee's right finger got caught and crushed in the drive gear located next to the roller.

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