# Amputations at Frito-Lay, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021950` · 2/26/2018 · KATHLEEN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Frito-Lay, Inc.
- **Location:** 1200 Hwy.  247, KATHLEEN, GEORGIA, 31047
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking on the pull belt function of a bag maker machine when the employee's left middle finger was caught in the machine's belt and pulley, amputating the fingertip.

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