# Amputations at Global Polymer Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018076651` · 7/3/2018 · MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Global Polymer Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1001 Southeast 12th Street, MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57042
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a mold press and amputated their thumb above the first knuckle.

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