# Amputations at Oldcastle APG, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221110031` · 11/15/2022 · CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Oldcastle APG, Inc.
- **Location:** 144 Cassville Road, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30120
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 15, 2022, an employee was using a pole to clear a jam of raw materials in a hopper. The pole was pulled into the hopper along with the employee's hand, which became caught between the moving conveyor belt and the hopper chute. The employee's left middle finger was partially amputated. The employee also sustained a laceration to the ring ringer, and contusions.

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