# Amputations at Cardinal Health, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043041` · 4/6/2022 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cardinal Health, Inc.
- **Location:** 1430 Marvin Griffin Rd, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30906
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been pulling products at a packing station. While trying to retrieve a pad that had fallen onto the serpentine belt, the feed shelf cycled, which engaged the serpentine belt and the employee's right hand was caught between the belt and gear mechanism. The employee's right index finger was amputated to the first joint. 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*