# Amputations at Sweetener Solutions, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019044191` · 4/25/2019 · POOLER, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Sweetener Solutions, LLC
- **Location:** 74 Columbia Drive BLVD, POOLER, GEORGIA, 31322
- **NAICS:** 561910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting the operator of a vertical form fill sealing (VFFS) machine. He was attempting to align the plastic bags for printing and using the machine activation button to jog the machine when the tip of his left middle finger was caught and amputated between the clamps.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*