# Amputations at Polymer Alliance Services, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2019021361` · 2/6/2019 · WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Polymer Alliance Services, LLC.
- **Location:** 117 Warehouse Drive, WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26181
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 8:45 p.m. on February 6, 2019, an employee was operating a blow bagger. The employee noticed that the blender, which is operated in close proximity to the bagger, no longer had material flowing from the valve. The employee was investigating this issue and amputated his left hand in the rotating blade in the valve.

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