# Amputations at Turner Industries Group
> OSHA SIR `2017087902` · 8/17/2017 · STERLINGTON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Turner Industries Group
- **Location:** Angus Chemical, STERLINGTON, LOUISIANA, 71280
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee moved a super sack of product to the crystallizer area by forklift. The sack is lifted by a hoist over the hopper of the slurry machine and the bottom of the super sack is cut. The employee was attempting to retrieve a piece of sack that fell into the operating hopper when his left hand became caught in the hopper, injuring his middle and ring fingers.

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