# Amputations at Caesarstone Technologies USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110898` · 11/21/2016 · RICHMOND HILL, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Caesarstone Technologies USA Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Caesarstone Drive, RICHMOND HILL, GEORGIA, 31324
- **NAICS:** 327991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a material handling conveyor system when his right index finger was amputated above the first joint.

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