# Amputations at AMVAC CHEMICAL COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2020098427` · 9/3/2020 · AXIS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AMVAC CHEMICAL COMPANY
- **Location:** 12650 HIGHWAY 43 NORTH, AXIS, ALABAMA, 36505
- **NAICS:** 325320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working a bag machine (filling station) when his left index finger was caught in a chain and sprocket. The fingertip was partially amputated.

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