# Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at Avantor
> OSHA SIR `2024098848` · 9/23/2024 · SUWANEE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Avantor
- **Location:** 1050 Satellite Boulevard, SUWANEE, GEORGIA, 30024
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor that involved lubricating the chain and inspecting the motor and sprocket. The employee was in a squatting position with their left arm on the conveyor railing when a photoelectronic sensor reflector activated. The conveyor motor engaged and the employee's right hand was caught in the chain and sprocket, resulting in an amputation of the employee's right index fingertip without bone loss.

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