# Amputations at PRIMEX PLASTICS CORP.
> OSHA SIR `20161211492` · 12/9/2016 · OAKWOOD, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
## Employer
- **Name:** PRIMEX PLASTICS CORP.
- **Location:** 3435 OLD OAKWOOD ROAD, OAKWOOD, GEORGIA, 30566
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 12/9/2016, at 7:50 p.m., an employee was pushing out a bar that fits into a metal core on a line winder. When he pushed the bar, his left index fingernail was caught on the core. As he pulled his finger back, his left index fingertip was amputated.

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