# Amputations at Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087314` · 8/11/2023 · VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc.
- **Location:** 2000 Potato Roll Lane, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A palletizer machine malfunctioned, causing a backup in the box stacker. An employee was removing boxes from the line manually when their left middle finger got caught underneath a belt and the distal portion of the finger was amputated.

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