# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Arkema Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2024064829` · 6/1/2024 · AXIS, ALABAMA
## 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:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Arkema Incorporated
- **Location:** 13755 Highway 43 North, AXIS, ALABAMA, 36505
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unclogging a rotary pipe when the rotary valve actuated, amputating his right middle fingertip.

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