# Amputations at Turpin, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096598` · 9/10/2015 · PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** Turpin, Inc.
- **Location:** 442 Grange Rd, PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA, 31407
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the cutter head of an auger when his left arm got caught between the auger and the casing. His left arm was amputated.

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