# Amputations at Palletone of Florida, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018011046` · 1/31/2018 · HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Palletone of Florida, Inc.
- **Location:** 566 Baxley Highway, HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA, 31539
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clear a jam on a six-head saw belt when the conveyor belt caught his glove and pulled his right ring finger underneath a guard, amputating his fingertip.

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