# Amputations at U.S. Dept. of Justice-Bureau of Prisons
> OSHA SIR `2021098407` · 9/29/2021 · SALTERS, SOUTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Dept. of Justice-Bureau of Prisons
- **Location:** 8301 hwy 521, SALTERS, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29590
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was operating a grommet machine when it amputated the tip of his right thumb.

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