# Amputations at J & J Snack Foods Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017032459` · 3/20/2017 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** J & J Snack Foods Corporation
- **Location:** 720 Metropolitan Pkwy., ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30310
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a discharge chain on a conveyor when his thumb was caught in the chain, amputating his right thumb nail and bone. The conveyor was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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