# Amputations at Simmons Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `2016099018` · 9/23/2016 · MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Simmons Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 1608 Hwy 20 E, MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA, 30252
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee at a poppet machine had just finished putting a box together, but the box was not spinning correctly. When she opened the interlocked door to balance the box, the chuck pulled in her right glove and then twisted her right index finger, partially amputating it.

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