# Amputations at Quad Graphics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211875` · 12/14/2017 · THE ROCK, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Quad Graphics, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 Duplainville Rd., THE ROCK, GEORGIA, 30285
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was setting up a corner board of a manual/hydraulic lift for the next job when his left thumb was pinched between the lift and the base of the lift, amputating his thumb around the knuckle.

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