# Amputations at Knight's Precast, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021301` · 2/10/2023 · RICHMOND HILL, 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:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Knight's Precast, Inc.
- **Location:** 203 Edsel Drive, RICHMOND HILL, GEORGIA, 31324
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending a 7-foot piece of rebar on a cutter/bender machine. While holding the long end of the rebar down, the employee's hand was caught between the moving rest and the rebar, resulting in a right index finger amputation at the first joint.

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