# Amputations at Foss Manufacturing Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161211332` · 12/5/2016 · ROME, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Foss Manufacturing Company, LLC
- **Location:** 243 Huffaker Road, ROME, GEORGIA, 30165
- **NAICS:** 313230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was wrapping a roll on a packaging crater when his right middle finger and ring finger were caught between a chain guard and a wind-up roller switch. His middle fingertip was amputated.

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