# Amputations at Gildan Yarns, LLC (Plant #78)
> OSHA SIR `2019044170` · 4/24/2019 · COLUMBUS, 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-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gildan Yarns, LLC (Plant #78)
- **Location:** 3313 3rd. Avenue, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, 31904
- **NAICS:** 313110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a repair to the transport system as one belt was tracking off. He was adjusting the belts when his left hand made contact with the moving chain and sprockets, amputating his left middle fingertip. The chain and sprockets were unguarded at the time of the incident.

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