# Amputations at Hayes James & Associates, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098756` · 9/15/2016 · CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hayes James & Associates, Inc.
- **Location:** Bartow County, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30120
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and coworkers were using machetes to cut overgrown brush and grass to create a clear path to use surveying equipment. A coworker's machete struck the left hand of the employee, amputating the employee's left index finger.

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