# Amputations at FedEx Ground
> OSHA SIR `2019021965` · 2/21/2019 · KENNESAW, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Ground
- **Location:** 1675 Airport Road, KENNESAW, GEORGIA, 30144
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning off a conveyor belt when his hand contacted the timing belt. His fingers were crushed and the tip of his left ring finger was amputated.

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