# Amputations at McCoy Global
> OSHA SIR `2017064965` · 6/1/2017 · BROUSSARD, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** McCoy Global
- **Location:** 4225 Hwy 90 E, BROUSSARD, LOUISIANA, 70518
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing grooves on a parts machine containing a cutting wheel when his right arm became entangled in the cutting wheel, amputating it below the elbow.

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