# Amputations at Sofidel America
> OSHA SIR `2020043373` · 4/13/2020 · HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Sofidel America
- **Location:** 176 W.L. Runnels Industrial Drive, HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39401
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane to return a spent parent roll to a stand. The roll bounced and smashed his left middle and index fingers against the crane hook. Both fingers were crushed and cut, and the middle finger was amputated to the first knuckle.

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