# Amputations at Chemtex, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021065058` · 6/21/2021 · MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Chemtex, LLC
- **Location:** 143 Garrett Way NW, MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, 31061
- **NAICS:** 313230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was trying to help pull a jammed pad through a pad cutter. The cut button was pressed while the employee's thumb was in the path of the blade, which partially amputated the thumb.

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