# Amputations at Sun-Tek Pet, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019021357` · 2/6/2019 · DUBLIN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Shovels
## Employer
- **Name:** Sun-Tek Pet, LLC
- **Location:** 2006 Waldrep Industrial Blvd., DUBLIN, GEORGIA, 31021
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying un-stop a conditioner on an extruder with a shovel when the shovel became caught in the machine and pushed his thumb against the conditioner housing. The tip of his right thumb was amputated between the nail and knuckle.

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