# Amputations at U.S. Gypsum Southern
> OSHA SIR `2019010428` · 1/14/2019 · SOUTHARD, OKLAHOMA
## 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:** Centrifuges
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Gypsum Southern
- **Location:** Hwy 51A, SOUTHARD, OKLAHOMA, 73770
- **NAICS:** 325520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually clearing a clog in a centrifuge machine when his fingers were caught and crushed between the dryer mechanism and the centrifuge, ripping the skin and meat off and leaving the bone. As a result, his right middle and ring fingers had to be surgically amputated.

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