# Amputations at Milliken & Company
> OSHA SIR `2016087618` · 8/15/2016 · NICHOLLS, 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:** Yarn, thread
- **Secondary source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Milliken & Company
- **Location:** 2410 Georgia Highway 32 West, NICHOLLS, GEORGIA, 31554
- **NAICS:** 313310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming excess yarn off of the package. The excess yarn became entangled in his hand and fell back through the guide slot in the guard as the employee was cutting it. After falling through the guide slot, the yarn began to wrap around the over feed, pulling his hand against the guard causing the amputation of the left thumb, a laceration on the left pinky finger, and crushing the left ring finger.

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