# Amputations at TEKNI-PLEX, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020021823` · 2/25/2020 · LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TEKNI-PLEX, INC.
- **Location:** 252 Hosea Rd., LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, 30046
- **NAICS:** 326140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the former machine and crushed three fingers on their right hand. Two fingertips were amputated.

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