# Amputations at K.W. Plastics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171010375` · 10/30/2017 · TROY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** K.W. Plastics, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Sanders Rd., TROY, ALABAMA, 36081
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a magnet while it was inside a metal dumpster. The magnet became attached to the side of the dumpster and caught the employees thumb resulting in a soft tissue amputation to the tip of the left thumb.

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