# Amputations at American Step Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021088460` · 8/3/2021 · GRIFFIN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Step Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 830 East Broadway Street, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, 30224
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clear a jam in a machine. The machine's rollers caught his right hand and crushed the tip of his little finger, causing a partial amputation.

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