# Amputations at The Euclid Chemical Company
> OSHA SIR `2020087286` · 8/3/2020 · LA FAYETTE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** The Euclid Chemical Company
- **Location:** 3361 N. HWY 27, LA FAYETTE, GEORGIA, 30728
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was assisting an extruder line operator when the synthetic fibers wound tightly around his left thumb and amputated it.

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