# Amputations at Southern Mills, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022086724` · 8/1/2022 · SENOIA, 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:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Mills, Inc.
- **Location:** 74 Andrews Parkway, SENOIA, GEORGIA, 30276
- **NAICS:** 314129
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a yarn break. A filament of yarn waste from a package wrapped around the employee's thumb and a nearby, rotating, pre-tensioning shaft. Due to the strength of the filament yarn, the employee's right thumb was partially amputated.

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