# Amputations at INV Performance Materials, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201212009` · 12/27/2020 · SEAFORD, DELAWARE
## 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** INV Performance Materials, LLC
- **Location:** 25876 Dupont Road #8239, SEAFORD, DELAWARE, 19973
- **NAICS:** 325220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning flakes around a hopper/box. The employee's right hand came in contact with machinery under the hopper, causing injuries to the middle and index fingers. One joint of each finger was amputated.

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