# Amputations at Blue Bird Body Company
> OSHA SIR `2019021650` · 2/13/2019 · FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Blue Bird Body Company
- **Location:** 402 Blue Bird Blvd., FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA, 31030
- **NAICS:** 485113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing/testing a five-spindle nut runner machine (wheel torque wrench) after preventive maintenance was completed and suffered a partial thumb amputation after contacting one of the five rotating spindles. The employee was wearing gloves at the time.

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