# Amputations at ATLAS ROOFING CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2020099223` · 9/29/2020 · DAINGERFIELD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ATLAS ROOFING CORPORATION
- **Location:** 1100 GEORGIA PACIFIC DRIVE, DAINGERFIELD, TEXAS, 75638
- **NAICS:** 324122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a chain on the palletizer machine when his hand was caught between the chain and sprocket. His left middle fingertip was crushed and surgically amputated. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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