# Amputations at Lion Copolymer Geismar, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021054281` · 5/26/2021 · GEISMAR, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lion Copolymer Geismar, LLC
- **Location:** 36191 HWY 30, GEISMAR, LOUISIANA, 70734
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hook tool on the finishing press machine in the finishing area. The tool got caught in the machinery and the employee's finger was pinched between the tool and the machine. The employee's left index finger was medically amputated.

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