# Amputations at Turner Industries Group, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20211210389` · 12/3/2021 · GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Turner Industries Group, LLC
- **Location:** Express Grain Terminals, GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, 38930
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was kneeling next to a piece of equipment, having just finished a belt replacement on it. He grasped the belt with his right hand for help standing up, and the belt rotated. His thumb was pinned between the belt and the pulley and was amputated at the first joint.

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