# Amputations at Ricoh Electronics Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109730` · 10/21/2023 · LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ricoh Electronics Inc.
- **Location:** 1125 Hurricane Shoals Road Northeast, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, 30043
- **NAICS:** 322220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was chucking a core at a rewind station on a coating machine when the chucks closed on his fingers. The employee's left thumb was amputated.

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