# Amputations at Tifton Aluminum Extrusions, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109444` · 10/6/2016 · TIFTON, GEORGIA
## 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:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Tifton Aluminum Extrusions, Inc.
- **Location:** 250 Southwell Blvd, TIFTON, GEORGIA, 31794
- **NAICS:** 331319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a gear on a strapping machine conveyor. Bundles (of aluminum) continued to be put on the strapping conveyor while the employee was installing the gear. When a bundle hit the photo eye, the conveyor belt engaged and amputated the employee's right index finger below the second knuckle. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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