# Amputations at Westlake Chemical
> OSHA SIR `2018032795` · 3/22/2018 · GALLMAN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Westlake Chemical
- **Location:** 20043 Hwy 51, GALLMAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39077
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a product mixer when his hands entered the stock cutter opening. His left hand and three fingers on his right hand were amputated.

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