# Amputations at Atlas Roofing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018043343` · 4/8/2018 · MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Atlas Roofing Corporation
- **Location:** 2322 Valley Road, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39307
- **NAICS:** 324122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the granule flow from a silo to a conveyor when the silo pneumatic door closed on his right ring finger, resulting in an amputation.

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