# Amputations at Greenville Metal Works
> OSHA SIR `2022043494` · 4/22/2022 · ROSE HILL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Greenville Metal Works
- **Location:** Axel America, LLC, ROSE HILL, MISSISSIPPI, 39356
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing a stretch wrapper machine. The employee checked the chain tension of the machine after servicing and their right index finger became caught in the chain, resulting in a fingertip amputation with no bone loss.

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