# Amputations at Greif Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021097904` · 9/14/2021 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Greif Inc.
- **Location:** 174 Callhan Rd, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a tool from a machine when his right thumb was caught in the sprocket of the shaft of the machine resulting in an amputation. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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