# Amputations at GP Building Products Operations LP
> OSHA SIR `2021031924` · 3/3/2021 · MADISON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GP Building Products Operations LP
- **Location:** 1400 Woodcraft Rd, MADISON, GEORGIA, 30650
- **NAICS:** 321212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding veneer into the dryer when the veneer became jammed. The employee's right arm was caught in the chain and sprocket while unjamming the veneer, resulting in amputation of the employee's right arm up to the elbow.

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