# Amputations at Polymer Industries LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2017010026` · 1/1/2017 · HENAGAR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Polymer Industries LLC.
- **Location:** 10526 Alabama Highway 40, HENAGAR, ALABAMA, 35978
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping two other employees push a winder back into starting position. One employee's hand was caught in a nip point and the left index fingertip was amputated.

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