# Amputations at U.S. Pet Nutrition
> OSHA SIR `2015042432` · 4/29/2015 · LYONS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment while moving it
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Pet Nutrition
- **Location:** 189 N. Commercial Dr, LYONS, GEORGIA, 30436
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee got his hand caught in-between a metal auger blade and the metal frame of the auger while in the process of breaking it down for sanitation. The tip of his left hand middle finger was amputated.

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