# Amputations at Turner Industries
> OSHA SIR `2016032620` · 3/29/2016 · PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Turner Industries
- **Location:** 26270 Hwy 405, PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA, 70764
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a machine when a finger contacted the belt and pulley resulting in a fingertip amputation with bone loss.

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