# Amputations at Elixir Door and Metals Company
> OSHA SIR `2016076565` · 7/20/2016 · DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Elixir Door and Metals Company
- **Location:** 1215 Pope Drive, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, 31533
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee placed their left hand on the line conveyor, which moves doors down the line. When the conveyor started up, the employee's left middle finger was caught between the steel frame of the conveyor and a gap in the steel conveyor belt, resulting in a partial amputation and an open fracture to the left middle finger.

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