# Amputations at Buhler Quality Yarns Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021032050` · 3/8/2021 · JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Picking, carding, combing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Buhler Quality Yarns Corporation
- **Location:** 1881 Athens Hwy, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA, 30549
- **NAICS:** 313110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a cotton jam in a card machine. The machine started and caught the employee's hand, causing severe damage up to his wrist. The hand was amputated.

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