# Amputations at AMERICAN CONTAINERS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20231211381` · 12/14/2023 · CARROLLTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN CONTAINERS, INC.
- **Location:** 620 BEULAH CHURCH ROAD, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, 30117
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 14, 2023, an employee was clearing a jam on the exit roll of a sander when a belt grabbed his glove through an opening in the guard, pulling his left middle finger into a pulley and resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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