# Amputations at Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088135` · 8/8/2019 · BYRAM, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 205 Apache Dr., BYRAM, MISSISSIPPI, 39272
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a supervisor to clear jammed material from a machine. A 40-pound knife blade moved and amputated the employee's right index fingertip.

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