# Amputations at Polymer Industries, L.L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2016054072` · 5/11/2016 · HENAGAR, ALABAMA
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Polymer Industries, L.L.P.
- **Location:** 10526 Alabama Hwy 40, HENAGAR, ALABAMA, 35978
- **NAICS:** 326130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was attempting to unstop a jammed hopper, the still-rotating blades at the bottom of the hopper amputated the first two fingers on his left hand.

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