# Amputations at Layne Christensen Company
> OSHA SIR `2016054273` · 5/17/2016 · VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Layne Christensen Company
- **Location:** 3180 Wetherington Lane, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismantling an overhead conveyor when the connection point for the rigging gave way and the conveyor fell, amputating the employee's left pinky finger at the first joint (just below the nailbed).

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