# Amputations at GEORGIA POWER
> OSHA SIR `2018054221` · 5/1/2018 · RIVERDALE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
- **Secondary source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
## Employer
- **Name:** GEORGIA POWER
- **Location:** Hwy 85 & Mize Rd., RIVERDALE, GEORGIA, 30274
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was aligning an auger with the boom on the back of a utility line truck when his left finger was pinched between the auger and the boom truck, resulting in an amputation.

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