# Amputations at The Harris Waste Management Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018055254` · 5/30/2018 · CORDELE, 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Harris Waste Management Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 315 West 12 Avenue, CORDELE, GEORGIA, 31015
- **NAICS:** 333298
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up the machine for a reverse tamper when the chuck pressed his left index finger against the flange resulting in an amputation between the second and third knuckle.

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