# Amputations at CROWN PLASTICS
> OSHA SIR `2019032636` · 3/12/2019 · FESTUS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** CROWN PLASTICS
- **Location:** 918 Airport Road, FESTUS, MISSOURI, 63028
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been cutting a plastic sheet using a panel saw. As he was picking up the pieces he had cut off, the saw grabbed his left glove and pulled his thumb into the blade, resulting in an amputation between the nail and the joint.

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