# Amputations at Protect Plus, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016087283` · 8/5/2016 · CREOLA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Protect Plus, LLC
- **Location:** 9800 I65 SERVICE ROAD NORTH, CREOLA, ALABAMA, 36525
- **NAICS:** 322299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to manually unjam the pleating machine. The stripper bar broke free of the pusher bar and cycled down to the table before returning to and resting in the up position. The employee's left hand was caught between the stripper bar and table during the down cycling of the bar. His left hand was sliced between the index and middle fingers to the wrist, and half of his hand was amputated.

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