# Amputations at Proctor & Gamble, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065901` · 6/27/2017 · ALBANY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Proctor & Gamble, Inc.
- **Location:** 512 Liberty Expressway, ALBANY, GEORGIA, 31705
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a conveyor that produces bathroom tissue rolls. During the production process, the conveyor became misaligned and required adjustment. The employee was trying to make the adjustment when his right finger contacted a push plate (part of the conveyor belt) and was caught between the plate and the conveyor housing. His fingertip was amputated.

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