# Amputations at Polynt Composites USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021019` · 2/2/2022 · FOREST PARK, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** Polynt Composites USA Inc.
- **Location:** 71 Barnett Rd, FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, 30297
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 2, 2022, an employee was cleaning out a hopper that connects to a screw auger system used to charge solids to the main reactor vessel when the screw auger caught the tip of their left thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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