# Amputations at ContiTech USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022064801` · 6/3/2022 · HOGANSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Overhead hoists-manual
## Employer
- **Name:** ContiTech USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 117 CORINTH RD., HOGANSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30230
- **NAICS:** 313210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a manual hoist to lift a roll of fabric when their right index fingertip was caught between the chain and the hook, or between the hook and the roll. The fingertip was amputated without bone loss, at the joint closest to the fingernail.

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