# Amputations at SBJ Recycling Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021001` · 2/2/2016 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SBJ Recycling Inc.
- **Location:** 2006 James Court NE, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a plastic recycling line when the fan blades inside the machine hit and partially amputated the employee's right index and middle fingers. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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