# Amputations at BioLab Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010827` · 1/26/2017 · CONYERS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BioLab Inc.
- **Location:** 1700 Old Covington Highway, CONYERS, GEORGIA, 30012
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a press and encountered a problem with the machine. The machine was powered down to adjust the hardness wheel. When the machine was powered back up, the employee's left index and pinky fingers were amputated.

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