# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Walton EMC
> OSHA SIR `2024032444` · 3/19/2024 · MONROE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Jacks
- **Secondary source:** Chains
## Employer
- **Name:** Walton EMC
- **Location:** 842 US Hwy 78, MONROE, GEORGIA, 30655
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were taking down old power poles using a hydraulic pole puller when the injured employee's finger got caught in the chain as it was being pulled, resulting in the partial amputation of his left middle finger.

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