# Amputations at Scotch Plywood Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110506` · 11/2/2017 · FULTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Scotch Plywood Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 101 Main Street, FULTON, ALABAMA, 36446
- **NAICS:** 321212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a piece of veneer that was plugging a drier infeed when the employee's glove and right hand were pulled into the chain and sprocket, amputating the ring fingertip.

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