# Amputations at Samuel Strapping System
> OSHA SIR `2016054517` · 5/23/2016 · CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Samuel Strapping System
- **Location:** 110 Dent Drive, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30120
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was wrapping a finished pallet on a stretch wrap machine. While attempting to cut the excess stretch film from the pallet, the employee's left index fingertip was amputated between the pallet and the guarding around the turntable. The machine was still running 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*