# Amputations at MTD Consumer Group INC.
> OSHA SIR `20191213133` · 12/23/2019 · VERONA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** MTD Consumer Group INC.
- **Location:** 5484 Highway 145, VERONA, MISSISSIPPI, 38879
- **NAICS:** 333112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to remove a plastics injection mold from a press. The employee's left ring finger was caught between a jam bar and a mold press plate and was amputated.

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