# Amputations at Grant County Mulch, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019033038` · 3/22/2019 · HAZELTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Grant County Mulch, Inc.
- **Location:** 114 Glade Farm Road, HAZELTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26525
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a 400-pound roll of plastic bags into a bagging machine and pinched his right ring finger between the shaft and the cradle causing a fingertip amputation.

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