# Amputations at SNF Flopam, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099996` · 9/27/2018 · PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SNF Flopam, Inc.
- **Location:** 16790 Hwy 405, PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA, 70764
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a pipe plug and attempting to clear debris from a rotary valve when the valve amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.

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