# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at SPARTECH LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024053797` · 5/1/2024 · CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hoppers  except confined space
## Employer
- **Name:** SPARTECH LLC
- **Location:** 2500 Spartech Dr., CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, 63701
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While trying to remove dust from a hopper, an employee sustained a partial amputation to his left ring fingertip. The equipment was running at the time.

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