# Amputations at Triple S Communications, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022109346` · 10/25/2022 · VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** Triple S Communications, Inc.
- **Location:** 2000 Potato Roll Lane, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a boring machine to bore for a gas line when the machine failed. When the employee tried to fix the machine, it crushed his right hand, resulting in amputations to his right index, middle, and ring fingers.

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