# Amputations at Georgia Torrefaction Technology LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021010264` · 1/11/2021 · MONTICELLO, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia Torrefaction Technology LLC
- **Location:** 11642 Highway 83 South, MONTICELLO, GEORGIA, 31064
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a jam from a pellet feed mill bin. The machine was activated while the employee was in the bin, and an auger and flail arm injured the employee's leg. The leg was medically amputated just below the hip.

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