# Amputations at Novolex
> OSHA SIR `2021098195` · 9/23/2021 · BREMEN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Novolex
- **Location:** 407 Sangamore Rd., BREMEN, GEORGIA, 30110
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing product on a conveyor when her left middle finger was caught between the product pusher and the rails (sides) of the machine in a 1 1/2-inch gap. She suffered a partial amputation to the finger.

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