# Amputations at Medline Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099649` · 9/18/2018 · LITHIA SPRINGS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Medline Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 9103 RIVERSIDE PKY., LITHIA SPRINGS, GEORGIA, 30122
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an air wand to align a conveyor belt when the belt caught and pulled the air wand, sending the employee's hand into the equipment. The employee suffered a laceration to the left-hand little finger, resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. The conveyor was energized and running at the time of the incident.

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