# Amputations at American Signature, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076589` · 7/20/2016 · THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** American Signature, Inc.
- **Location:** 121 Plantation Oak, THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, 31792
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While conducting maintenance on the battery charger of an order picker, an employee's right index fingertip was caught between the chain and cog of the order picker and amputated when the order picker was activated.

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