# Amputations at Biltrite Ripley Operations, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181010978` · 10/24/2018 · RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Biltrite Ripley Operations, LLC
- **Location:** 16310 Hwy 15 N., RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI, 38663
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clear rubber from a mixer when the door came down and crushed the employee's left arm. The arm was surgically amputated.

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