# Amputations at Georgia Pacific CNS
> OSHA SIR `20181011072` · 10/26/2018 · BAY SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vises, clamps
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia Pacific CNS
- **Location:** 71 Georgia Pacific Rd, BAY SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI, 39422
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Maintenance employees were using a sliding C clamp to press bearings onto a shaft. As one maintenance employee tightened the C clamp by hand, the C clamp slipped off the bearing and pinched the injured employee's middle finger, resulting in an amputation.

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