# Amputations at Polymer Industries, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020065720` · 6/19/2020 · HENAGAR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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:** Polymer Industries, LLC
- **Location:** 10526 AL-40, HENAGAR, ALABAMA, 35978
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 19, 2020, an employee was operating a cutting tool machine when the employee's right thumb was caught and partially amputated in the machine.

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