# Amputations at HB Holdings, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018054847` · 5/17/2018 · COLUMBUS, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HB Holdings, LLC
- **Location:** 1969 Victory Drive, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, 31901
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a machine with a trainee when the air pressure line activated, turning on the machine. The employee's right hand was then caught in the machine, amputating the middle finger.

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