# Amputations at MPM Silicones, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087694` · 8/22/2023 · FRIENDLY, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** MPM Silicones, LLC
- **Location:** 10851 Energy Highway, FRIENDLY, WEST VIRGINIA, 26146
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a rotary pump when his gloved finger was caught in a pinch point between the rotary and the pump housing. The employee sustained a partial amputation to his left index finger.

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