# Amputations involving bone loss at Morrison Products
> OSHA SIR `2024021601` · 2/21/2024 · CANTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Morrison Products
- **Location:** 169 Etowah Industrial Court, CANTON, GEORGIA, 30114
- **NAICS:** 332119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was being trained as a spot welder. He went to move an adjustment knob on a hydraulic cylinder to bring the tips of the welder closer together. The welding machine actuated and the injured employee's left thumb was crushed by the hydraulic cylinder resulting in an amputation from the top knuckle to the thumb tip.

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