# Amputations at Mincey Marble Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032739` · 3/25/2017 · GAINESVILLE, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
## Employer
- **Name:** Mincey Marble Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 4321 Browns Bridge Road, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30504
- **NAICS:** 327991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 25, 2017, at 10:30 AM, an employee was operating a drill press to drill holes in shower shelves when the employee's right middle fingertip was caught on the drill bit. The fingertip had to be amputated up to the first knuckle.

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