# Amputations at General Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2015107825` · 10/20/2015 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** General Electric Company
- **Location:** 2328 Point Mallard Drive SE, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 335222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was starting up an extrusion machine when the machine "kicked out" or faulted. The employee's gloved hand was caught in the auger. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the right index finger between the first and second digit.

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