# Amputations at FRUEDENBERG NOK
> OSHA SIR `2015052953` · 5/18/2015 · CLEVELAND, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** FRUEDENBERG NOK
- **Location:** 1 NOK DRIVE, CLEVELAND, GEORGIA, 30528
- **NAICS:** 326291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee severely injured the index and middle fingers on the left hand when caught in a mixer before it had stopped. The middle finger was amputated at the most distant knuckle.

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