# Amputations at EQUINOX CHEMICALS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016076862` · 7/27/2016 · ALBANY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Threading and tapping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** EQUINOX CHEMICALS, LLC
- **Location:** 1909 WEST OAKRIDGE DRIVE, ALBANY, GEORGIA, 31707
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pipe threading machine, cutting small pieces from large pieces, when his right thumb was pinched between an elbow and the threader, partially amputating his thumb tip.

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