# Amputations at Schweid and Sons South, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2019022118` · 2/26/2019 · COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Schweid and Sons South, LLC.
- **Location:** 4280 Stacks Rd., COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA, 30349
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance technician was replacing a 65-inch motor belt in a grinder mixer. The belt was installed behind a gear box that drove two chains via sprockets. The employee's right arm was inside the motor compartment when it suddenly started to turn. One of the chains amputated his right arm after wedging it against the sprocket.

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