# Amputations at HP PELZER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC
> OSHA SIR `2017077015` · 7/26/2017 · THOMSON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HP PELZER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC
- **Location:** 1884 WARRENTON HWY, THOMSON, GEORGIA, 30824
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out a motor on a piece of equipment when the employee's right middle fingertip was caught and amputated between the equipment's chain and sprocket.

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