# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Hilex Poly, A Novolex Brand
> OSHA SIR `20241211064` · 12/1/2024 · BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Hilex Poly, A Novolex Brand
- **Location:** 606 Old Curtain Road, BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16823
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting around the secondary draw rollers of a bag machine when their left index, middle, and ring fingers contacted the rollers. The employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation to one of the fingers. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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