# Amputations at Covalence Specialty Coordinating
> OSHA SIR `20191212959` · 12/17/2019 · HOMER, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Covalence Specialty Coordinating
- **Location:** 4058 Hwy 79, HOMER, LOUISIANA, 71040
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stationed on the winder end of a winding machine and tasked with observing the product (roll of paper poly/film) being rolled. The employee had his left hand crushed between the floating shaft (holds roll on machine) and ejector roll bar, resulting in the ripping/amputation of the tips of the middle finger and ring finger by the machine.

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