# Amputations at Republic Conduit, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076316` · 7/16/2023 · CEDAR SPRINGS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Conduit, Inc.
- **Location:** 633 Georgia Tubing, CEDAR SPRINGS, GEORGIA, 39832
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been changing out a knife on a scarfing tool. They went to unjam the chopper and it amputated their right middle fingertip.

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