# Amputations at SAC WIRELESS LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020098918` · 9/19/2020 · ATHENS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SAC WIRELESS LLC
- **Location:** 2145 Milledge Avenue, ATHENS, GEORGIA, 30605
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a capstan hoist when two fingers on his right hand were caught between the rope and the drum of the hoist resulting in amputation of the distal phalanges.

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