# Amputations at Suwannee Valley Grassing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077781` · 7/30/2019 · WHITE SPRINGS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Harvesters, reapers
## Employer
- **Name:** Suwannee Valley Grassing, Inc.
- **Location:** CR 137 Sod Field, WHITE SPRINGS, FLORIDA, 32096
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leaning against a sod harvester machine when his right thumb got caught between the conveyor belt and the pulley causing the amputation of the thumb from the first knuckle.

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