# Amputations at Natureplex Pharmaceuticals
> OSHA SIR `2021032043` · 3/8/2021 · OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Natureplex Pharmaceuticals
- **Location:** 11085 Airport Road, OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI, 38654
- **NAICS:** 446110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a blend tank when the pump to the machinery caught his right index finger, amputating the tip.

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