# Amputations at PCA Mill
> OSHA SIR `2016021101` · 2/5/2016 · VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Ropes, ties, chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PCA Mill
- **Location:** 5494 Clyattville Road, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
- **NAICS:** 541614
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had completed performing maintenance work on a piece of equipment and was in the process of lowering the JLG with a crane. The thumb of his right hand was caught in the line that was being used to lower the JLG removing muscle and tissue. The employee was transported to the hospital where his thumb was removed above the knuckle.

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