# Amputations at Norman W. Fries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017099314` · 9/28/2017 · CLAXTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Norman W. Fries, Inc.
- **Location:** 8816 US Hwy 301 N, CLAXTON, GEORGIA, 30417
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grading rework parts and placing the parts on the conveyor of a drum and thigh cutter machine when his right hand contacted the machine's energized blades, amputating it at the wrist.

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