# Amputations at American Gypsum Company Duke Plant
> OSHA SIR `2019054599` · 5/6/2019 · DUKE, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** American Gypsum Company Duke Plant
- **Location:** 18972 Hwy 62, DUKE, OKLAHOMA, 73532
- **NAICS:** 212399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adding a pad to the pusher in order to square up the boards on a running bundler machine. The employee's right index finger was caught between a lug and the guard around the chain and was partially amputated.

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