# Amputations at Cycle Tex, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017032659` · 3/23/2017 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cycle Tex, Inc
- **Location:** 1711 Kimberly Park Drive, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30720
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading material into a densification machine when the material wrapped around his right arm and pulled him into the machine. His right arm was amputated at the shoulder.

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