# Amputations at Southern Tea Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018033122` · 3/30/2018 · MARIETTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Tea Company LLC
- **Location:** 1267 Cobb Industrial Dr, MARIETTA, GEORGIA, 30066
- **NAICS:** 311920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a piece of equipment when the employee's right middle finger was caught between the drive chain and sprocket, resulting in the amputation the employee's right middle fingertip.

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