# Amputations at Maples Industries, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20211211069` · 12/27/2021 · SCOTTSBORO, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Maples Industries, Inc
- **Location:** 1005 Heroes Dr., SCOTTSBORO, ALABAMA, 35768
- **NAICS:** 314110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing plastic on a machine. The plastic-cutting blade engaged and amputated the tip of the employee's left ring finger.

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