# Amputations at Sheroki - North America
> OSHA SIR `2021087222` · 8/24/2021 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Sheroki - North America
- **Location:** 1300 Veterans Dr., DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was verifying that the extrusion was feeding correctly when the glove on their left hand was pulled into the extrusion rollers resulting in amputation of the left index fingertip.

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