# Amputations at Polytech Fibers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022097970` · 9/8/2022 · CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Polytech Fibers, LLC
- **Location:** 3752 Smyrna Church Rd, CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA, 30705
- **NAICS:** 325220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a baler with material when her left arm became caught in the machine, resulting in an amputation to her lower left arm (below the elbow).

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