# Amputations at Polymer Industries, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087133` · 8/7/2023 · HENAGAR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Polymer Industries, LLC
- **Location:** 10526 Alabama Highway 40, HENAGAR, ALABAMA, 35978
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employe was removing scraps from the extrusion line. His right-hand fingers were caught between the plastic and the clamp of the machine, causing injuries that required medical amputation.

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