# Amputations at GEORGIA POWER
> OSHA SIR `2016076577` · 7/20/2016 · ROME, 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:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GEORGIA POWER
- **Location:** 5963 ALABAMA HWY SW, ROME, GEORGIA, 30165
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee amputated his right index finger when he was fixing the polarizer machine.

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