# Amputations at South Georgia Pecan Company
> OSHA SIR `20171110520` · 11/1/2017 · VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** South Georgia Pecan Company
- **Location:** 309 S Lee Street, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
- **NAICS:** 311911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a pecan that was under a conveyor belt leading to a soak machine when his left middle finger was caught underneath the conveyor belt's chain, partially amputating his fingertip.

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