# Amputations at NJL Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022108808` · 10/6/2022 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** NJL Services, LLC
- **Location:** PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30901
- **NAICS:** 541120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was polishing a flange face using a handheld air motor that turned a small shaft and a spinning aluminum plate. The shaft caught and wrapped up the employee's glove, causing amputations to three fingers on the employee's left hand.

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