# Amputations at SeaGate Terminals, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032150` · 3/9/2022 · SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** SeaGate Terminals, LLC
- **Location:** 1600 East President Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, 31404
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. on March 9, 2022, a maintenance employee was working on the pulley of a conveyor belt system for fertilizer bags. The employee was trying to wipe grease off the belt when the pulley grabbed the employee's rag and pulled in the employee's fingers. The employee suffered amputations to the left index fingertip and the tips of all four fingers on the right hand.

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