# Amputations at Southern Company
> OSHA SIR `2020076390` · 7/7/2020 · WAYNESBORO, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Company
- **Location:** 7821 River Road, WAYNESBORO, GEORGIA, 30830
- **NAICS:** 221113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the motor and motor sheath of an HVAC unit. As the motor was rotated, his right ring finger was caught between its belt and pulley. The finger was amputated above the first knuckle.

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