# Amputations at Patterson Pump Company
> OSHA SIR `2021032647` · 3/29/2021 · TOCCOA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson Pump Company
- **Location:** 2129 Ayersville Rd, TOCCOA, GEORGIA, 30577
- **NAICS:** 333911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were using an overhead crane to put a 500-pound water pump onto three V-shaped stands. The pump shifted, and an employee's right middle fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle by a hook from a strap on the pump and the stand.

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