# Amputations involving bone loss at Bway Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024109917` · 10/24/2024 · HOMERVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Bway Corporation
- **Location:** 1601 Valdosta Highway, HOMERVILLE, GEORGIA, 31634
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A paint room operator's hand was caught in the exit conveyor of an automated paint booth, resulting in a left middle finger amputation.

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