# Amputations at POLY-AMERICA, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `20191010715` · 10/14/2019 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## 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:** POLY-AMERICA, L.P.
- **Location:** 2000 WEST MARSHALL DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75051
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing clogged material on an auger when his finger was caught between the auger and the auger housing, resulting in a right index fingertip amputation.

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