# Amputations at Tip Top Poultry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016032356` · 3/18/2016 · ROCKMART, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Tip Top Poultry, Inc.
- **Location:** 479 Nathan Dean Pkwy., ROCKMART, GEORGIA, 30153
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a conveyor belt when his left hand became stuck between the conveyor belt and the guard, lacerating four fingers and amputating the ring fingertip.

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