# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Chemplex Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054679` · 5/28/2024 · PALM CITY, FLORIDA
## 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  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Plastic injection molding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Chemplex Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 2820 SW 42 Avenue, PALM CITY, FLORIDA, 34990
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing and replacing the paper film in an injection molding machine when the blade lacerated their left thumb and caused an amputation of the thumb tip.

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