# Amputations at Strategic Materials, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021021778` · 2/26/2021 · COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Strategic Materials, Inc
- **Location:** 3050 Roosevelt Highway, COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA, 30349
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unjamming a conveyor belt when his finger was caught in the conveyor's chain drive, resulting in an amputation of the left ring fingertip.

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