# Amputations at POLY-AMERICA, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2022119829` · 11/8/2022 · MONT BELVIEU, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** POLY-AMERICA, L.P.
- **Location:** 13830 Hatcherville Rd, MONT BELVIEU, TEXAS, 77580
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting to empty a feeder. When rotating the sleeve, the employee's finger made contact with the rotating helix, resulting in an amputation to the right index finger.

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