# Amputations at Milliken & Company
> OSHA SIR `20191213204` · 12/27/2019 · GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Milliken & Company
- **Location:** 1750 Jesse jewell Parkway, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30501
- **NAICS:** 314999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a dust collection system. The employee's flashlight fell into a chute leading to an auger system; as the employee was retrieving it, the rotating auger amputated his lower right arm.

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