# Amputations at Heatcraft Worldwide Refrigeration
> OSHA SIR `2022108696` · 10/3/2022 · TIFTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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:** Heatcraft Worldwide Refrigeration
- **Location:** 30 N. Magnolia Rd., TIFTON, GEORGIA, 31794
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was inserting a rod into the expander machine in order to build a new coil. The injured employee asked employee 2 to operate the machine while they inserted the rod. While employee 2 was lowering the header guide, the injured employee was leaning against the back plate. The injured employee's hand was crushed between the header and back plate, resulting in a partial amputation to his left index and middle fingers.

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