# Amputations at Primex Plastics Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018032393` · 3/10/2018 · OAKWOOD, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Primex Plastics Corporation
- **Location:** 3435 OLD OAKWOOD ROAD, OAKWOOD, GEORGIA, 30566
- **NAICS:** 326130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 10, 2018, at approximately 2:45 a.m., a temporary employee (injured employee) was assisting another employee operating the carpet separator. The injured employee's right hand entered an unguarded area of the rotary lock system resulting in amputation of the middle finger.

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