# Amputations at GATES CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2021043332` · 4/22/2021 · POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** GATES CORPORATION
- **Location:** 1650 Rowe Parkway, POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI, 63901
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was freeing a hose stuck in an in-line extruder. The extruder's saw blade amputated three fingertips on the employee's left hand.

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