# Amputations at Warren Distribution, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043667` · 4/17/2018 · GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA
## 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Warren Distribution, Inc.
- **Location:** 2402 Worth St, GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35976
- **NAICS:** 324191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a polymer jam buildup in a hydraulic chopping machine when the hydraulic blade cycled and caught the employee's finger between the blade and the bottom metal block. The employee's right index finger was amputated at the second joint.

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