# Amputations at Textile Rubber and Chemical Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110933` · 11/14/2017 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Textile Rubber and Chemical Company Inc.
- **Location:** 198 Nexus Drive, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
- **NAICS:** 325520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove adhesive from the gate valve while the machine was in operation. The gate valve closed on the employee's right middle finger amputating the fingertip.

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