# Amputations at SGS North Amrerica
> OSHA SIR `20161211925` · 12/25/2016 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** SGS North Amrerica
- **Location:** 1902 Independence Parkway, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a plug in a rotary feeder at the base of the bag filter and amputated four fingers on the left hand.

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