# Amputations at Ajay North America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017032461` · 3/20/2017 · POWDER SPRINGS, 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ajay North America, LLC
- **Location:** 1400 Industry Road, POWDER SPRINGS, GEORGIA, 30127
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was greasing bearings on a running machine and his left index finger was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in amputation at the first knuckle. The guard was removed at the time.

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