# Amputations at Powertech America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010537` · 10/12/2018 · WEST POINT, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Powertech America, Inc.
- **Location:** 6801 Kia Parkway, WEST POINT, GEORGIA, 31833
- **NAICS:** 336350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a drive pin from a transmission on a conveyor belt system. The pallet the transmission was on smashed her left index finger, causing an amputation.

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