# Amputations at Arkema Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `20181111513` · 11/8/2018 · AXIS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Arkema Incorporated
- **Location:** 13755 Highway 43 North, AXIS, ALABAMA, 36505
- **NAICS:** 325180
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing an access door at the bottom of a spray dryer when a rotary valve partially amputated three fingers on his left hand.

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