# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at Piana Nonwovens, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161211741` · 12/17/2016 · CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Picking, carding, combing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Piana Nonwovens, LLC
- **Location:** 101 Old Mill Road, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30120
- **NAICS:** 313230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a card machine's rollers. When the employee removed the roller belt, the rollers moved and pulled the employee's left arm between two rollers. The employee suffered a left forearm avulsion and partial amputation of the left pinky and forefinger.

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