# Amputations at Langboard, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098894` · 9/20/2016 · WILLACOOCHEE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Langboard, Inc.
- **Location:** 548 Langboard Road, WILLACOOCHEE, GEORGIA, 31650
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance and changing the belt on a chip transport pump when his left index finger was caught between the belt and pulley, amputating his fingertip below the fingernail.

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