# Amputations at Southwire Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019066581` · 6/30/2019 · CARROLLTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwire Company, LLC
- **Location:** 3 Southwire Dr., CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, 30117
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a piece of plastic from a conveyor when the conveyor's cradle retracted, caught the tip of his left middle finger, and amputated it (without bone loss).

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