# Amputations at BASF Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018088872` · 8/28/2018 · ATTAPULGUS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BASF Corporation
- **Location:** 141 Engelhard Rd., ATTAPULGUS, GEORGIA, 39815
- **NAICS:** 325110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a laser to align two pulleys. As he moved from being on one knee to standing, he placed his left hand on a free-wheeling V-belt near the pulley. The belt moved and pinched his finger in an upper nip point at the pulley, resulting in a partial amputation of the left index finger.

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