# Amputations at Blue Bird Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023109227` · 10/5/2023 · FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by physical contact during horseplay
- **Source:** Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Impact wrenches-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Blue Bird Corporation
- **Location:** 402 Blue Bird Blvd., FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA, 31030
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was installing fan belts and alternators. Another employee came into the work area with a torque gun and began poking the injured employee with the tip of the torque gun and then activated the tool. The spinning tip of the torque gun caught the injured employee's left glove and amputated her middle finger.

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