# Amputations at BLUE BIRD CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `20221210797` · 12/13/2022 · FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
- **Secondary source:** Sanders-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** BLUE BIRD CORPORATION
- **Location:** 402 BLUE BIRD BLVD., FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA, 31030
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a lathe machine to sand a bolt. The emery paper became caught on the bolt, pulling his right hand into the bolt and twisting his thumb. His right thumb was surgically amputated.

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