# Amputations at SOUTHERN VALLEY FRUIT & VEGETABLE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016065161` · 6/11/2016 · NORMAN PARK, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHERN VALLEY FRUIT & VEGETABLE, INC.
- **Location:** 2775 Ellenton-Norman Park Road, NORMAN PARK, GEORGIA, 31771
- **NAICS:** 111219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was pushing boxes down the conveyor line when a box got stuck on the line. As the employee tried to release it from where it was caught, her finger became caught in the chain on the conveyor line resulting in a partial amputation of the fourth finger on her left hand.

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