# Amputations at FIRESTONE POLYMERS LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016098698` · 9/14/2016 · SULPHUR, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** FIRESTONE POLYMERS LLC
- **Location:** 1801 HIGHWAY 108 EAST, SULPHUR, LOUISIANA, 70665
- **NAICS:** 325212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing built-up rubber from the inside of a baling machine. As he was standing on a ladder to reach the top side of the machine, his hand was caught in the cover ram, amputating parts of his left index, middle, and ring fingers.

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