# Amputations at Sumika Polymers North America Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032731` · 3/25/2017 · GRIFFIN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sumika Polymers North America Inc.
- **Location:** 121 Hudson Industrial Blvd, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, 30223
- **NAICS:** 325110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear off some pellets from a transfer line when his right hand was caught by a rotary valve, amputating his middle and ring fingertips above the bone.

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