# Amputations at Liberty Tire Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2015064167` · 6/29/2015 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Liberty Tire Recycling
- **Location:** 1593 Huber Street NW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30318
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at Liberty Tire Recycling when his glove got stuck in the tail end of the pulley area of the conveyor belt and his right middle fingertip was severed.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*