# Amputations at Surge Staffing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017109933` · 10/16/2017 · FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Surge Staffing, LLC
- **Location:** 1377 Airport Rd W, FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA, 35968
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was attempting to reset a safety roller in the housing of a conveyor when the conveyor belt caught the roller and pushed it into another roller, creating a pinch point. The employee's left ring fingertip was then caught in the pinch point and amputated.

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