# Amputations at POLYPLEX AMERICA HOLDINGS INC
> OSHA SIR `2020010834` · 1/25/2020 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** POLYPLEX AMERICA HOLDINGS INC
- **Location:** 3001 Mallard Fox Drive NW, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning an offline grinding machine when its blade amputated his left middle finger.

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