# Amputations at TenCate Geosynthetics
> OSHA SIR `20171111110` · 11/20/2017 · CORNELIA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TenCate Geosynthetics
- **Location:** 1288 Old Cleveland Road, CORNELIA, GEORGIA, 30531
- **NAICS:** 313210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the speed of an exit roll using a tachometer when the employee's right hand was pinched between the roll and table, amputating and fracturing the second digit and lacerating the third digit.

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