# Amputations at Superior Plastics Extrusion Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065538` · 6/6/2018 · PUTNAM, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Plastics Extrusion Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 5 Highland Drive, PUTNAM, CONNECTICUT, 06260
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was working at an extruder shear when a plastic sheet became jammed. As the employee attempted to remove it, the employee's thumb became caught in the equipment, amputating the tip between the first joint knuckle and the nailbed. The shear was guarded at the time.

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