# Amputations at OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION (AN ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION)
> OSHA SIR `2022032864` · 3/31/2022 · FRANKLIN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION (AN ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION)
- **Location:** 3461 Hollingsworth Ferry Rd, FRANKLIN, GEORGIA, 30217
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 31, 2022, an employee was releasing a valve when his left thumb was caught and the thumb tip was amputated.

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