# Amputations at Intertape Polymer Group
> OSHA SIR `2016109671` · 10/13/2016 · BRIGHTON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Intertape Polymer Group
- **Location:** 1095 S. 4th Ave, BRIGHTON, COLORADO, 80601
- **NAICS:** 322221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 10/13/2016 at approximately 5:30 am, an employee was cleaning a film tear out of a film line MDO roll section when his right hand got caught in the film line MDO roll section and was crushed.  The employee was hospitalized and the right hand was amputated the next day.

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