# Amputations at Vernay Laboratories, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191212611` · 12/7/2019 · GRIFFIN, 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:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Vernay Laboratories, Inc.
- **Location:** 804 Greenbelt Parkway, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, 30224
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping another machine operator at a finishing press. The employee was checking the die with her hand in the press when the press engaged. The die then caused partial amputations of the employee's right index and middle fingers.

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