# Amputations at Beauflor USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032291` · 3/14/2022 · WHITE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Beauflor USA, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Beauflor Way, WHITE, GEORGIA, 30184
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 14, 2022, an employee was using a crane to load a 2.5-ton ink roll into a printing press. When the suspended cylinder swung, the employee's middle finger was pinched between the crane coupling and the metal housing of the motor. The fingertip was amputated.

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