# Amputations at AEP INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016076344` · 7/14/2016 · GRIFFIN, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AEP INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** 1201 SOUTH PINE HILL ROAD, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, 30224
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an air cylinder when it activated and crushed his left index finger resulting in amputation.

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