# Amputations at Universal Pasteurization
> OSHA SIR `2017010634` · 1/20/2017 · VILLA RICA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Pasteurization
- **Location:** 100 HD Williams Industrial Dr., VILLA RICA, GEORGIA, 30180
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a high-pressure processing machine and was trying to put the push arm back when the machine reset and caught the employee's finger between the sheet metal and the push arm. The employee suffered a contusion and amputation to the left ring fingertip.

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