# Amputations at USNR, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077520` · 7/23/2019 · STATESBORO, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Kilns
## Employer
- **Name:** USNR, LLC
- **Location:** 600 Park Ave, STATESBORO, GEORGIA, 30458
- **NAICS:** 333243
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had changed out belts/sheaves on fan motors for a dry kiln machine. While the employee was manually turning the belt to test the tension, his left index finger got caught between the belt and a sheave and was amputated.

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