# Amputations at Tenneco Automotive
> OSHA SIR `2015096996` · 9/23/2015 · HARTWELL, GEORGIA
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tenneco Automotive
- **Location:** 200 McIntyre Drive, HARTWELL, GEORGIA, 30643
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was loading parts onto a rotating conveyor system when the machine malfunctioned and the parts got wedged in the machine. When the employee reached into the running machine to remove the parts, his finger was pinched resulting in the amputation of the left index finger to the first knuckle.

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