# Amputations at United Poly Systems
> OSHA SIR `20191111714` · 11/11/2019 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Poly Systems
- **Location:** 4707 E. Kearney, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a coiler. His left hand was caught between the fixed arm and the moveable arm when the machine operated; the thumb was amputated at the tip.

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