# Amputations at Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111931` · 11/20/2018 · WEST POINT, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.
- **Location:** 7777 Kia Parkway, WEST POINT, GEORGIA, 31833
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was laying down on a maintenance service catwalk to examine the electrical busbars on a crane when the crane moved in his direction and snagged his right foot. His right ankle was severely lacerated, eventually leading to a right foot amputation above the ankle.

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