# Amputations at Gunnison Tree Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022087763` · 8/31/2022 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** Gunnison Tree Services, LLC
- **Location:** 4960 Plant Atkinson Road, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30339
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 31, 2022, an employee was pushing a piece of wood through a wood chipper. His left thumb was caught and crushed between the wood and the chipper; he suffered a partial amputation to the thumb.

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