# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Elixir Extrusions, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025054671` · 5/19/2025 · DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** Elixir Extrusions, LLC
- **Location:** 1300 Pope Drive, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, 31533
- **NAICS:** 331318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling metal using a tail stretcher. He pressed the double palm buttons to start the process when the clamp became stuck. The employee pulled on the metal. His left thumb was inside the clamp when it opened, cutting and amputating the tip of his thumb.

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