# Amputations at GEORGES INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019033147` · 3/26/2019 · CASSVILLE, MISSOURI
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** GEORGES INC.
- **Location:** 9066 State Highway W, CASSVILLE, MISSOURI, 65625
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving box lids on a conveyor. A knuckle chain caught his right hand and severely smashed part of his index finger. The finger was medically amputated to the first knuckle.

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