# Amputations at Twitchell Technical Products, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2019010310` · 1/10/2019 · DOTHAN, ALABAMA
## 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Twitchell Technical Products, LLC.
- **Location:** 4031 Ross Clark Circle, DOTHAN, ALABAMA, 36303
- **NAICS:** 313210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to unjam a pelletizer pull roller when the machine's fly knife blade drum amputated his right ring finger. The machine was unguarded and running at the time of the incident.

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