# Amputations involving bone loss at Solvay Specialty Polymers USA LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025065504` · 6/9/2025 · ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Drills, braces, drivers
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Solvay Specialty Polymers USA LLC
- **Location:** 4500 McGinnis Ferry Rd, ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA, 30005
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the barrel of an extruder using a brush mounted on a handheld electric drill. The employee's gloves became entangled in the rotating shaft of the drill, and the last joint of the employee's left ring finger was amputated.

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