# Amputations at Crown USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087580` · 8/18/2023 · THOMASTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Crown USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 600 Poplar Drive, THOMASTON, GEORGIA, 30286
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 18, 2023, at approximately 9:00 a.m., an employee was pulling product sheets from a line in the extrusion department when the machine jammed. The employee attempted to extract the trapped products when a cutter on the machine contacted their left hand, resulting in an amputation of the tip of their thumb and a laceration to their index finger.

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