# Amputations at Letica Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016042756` · 4/1/2016 · VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Letica Corporation
- **Location:** 2020 Steeda Way, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting plug tints/caps on an automatic installer machine when the machine's installing head cycled and amputated the employee's left middle fingertip.

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