# Amputations at Heritage Plastics, inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111948` · 11/22/2018 · PICAYUNE, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Chutes
## Employer
- **Name:** Heritage Plastics, inc.
- **Location:** 1002 Hunt Street, PICAYUNE, MISSISSIPPI, 39466
- **NAICS:** 325991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a chute when his right hand came into contact with the rotors at the bottom of the chute. Four fingers were amputated.

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