# Amputations at Kronospan LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023032147` · 3/8/2023 · EASTABOGA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Kronospan LLC
- **Location:** 1 Kronospan Way, EASTABOGA, ALABAMA, 36260
- **NAICS:** 321219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually rotating a conveyor to help grease a bearing. His left hand got stuck between the belt and a sheave, resulting in a laceration to the middle finger and an amputation to the ring fingertip.

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