# Amputations at Marketing Alliance Group, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021119445` · 11/1/2021 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Marketing Alliance Group, INC.
- **Location:** 2830 N Doug Gap Rd, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30722
- **NAICS:** 323110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was applying aluminum caps to the corners of cardboard material using a riveting machine. The employee went to grab a cap that had popped off a corner when the foot pedal was activated and the employee's left index finger was crushed by the riveting machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation. A guard was in place at the time.

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