# Amputations at SOUTHERN STATES, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087102` · 8/5/2023 · HAMPTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Electric parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHERN STATES, LLC
- **Location:** 30 Oak street, HAMPTON, GEORGIA, 30228
- **NAICS:** 335313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the engineering lab making modifications to a prototype spring-loaded mechanism. The spring mechanism tripped and contacted his left thumb, amputating approximately 1/4 inch of the tip.

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