# Amputations at BLUE BIRD CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2015052646` · 5/5/2015 · FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** BLUE BIRD CORPORATION
- **Location:** 6144 Hwy 341 South, FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA, 31030
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 5/5/15, an employee was operating a bending machine when his right pinky finger got caught in the clamping mechanism. He sustained an amputation of the first pinky finger digit.

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