# Amputations at Sonoco Display & Packaging
> OSHA SIR `2018099688` · 9/19/2018 · FAIRBURN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Sonoco Display & Packaging
- **Location:** 5000 Bohannon Rd., FAIRBURN, GEORGIA, 30213
- **NAICS:** 337215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a production line that packs batteries into blister packs when the conveyor belt became jammed. The employee suffered a left index finger amputation while attempting to clear the jam.

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