# Amputations at MISSISSIPPI POLYMERS
> OSHA SIR `2016010935` · 1/31/2016 · CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MISSISSIPPI POLYMERS
- **Location:** 2733 SOUTH HARPER ROAD, CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI, 38834
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right middle and ring fingers were amputated when his hand became trapped between cooling rolls while checking for defects in the web.

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