# Amputations involving bone loss at Blue Ridge Mountain EMC
> OSHA SIR `2024054213` · 5/13/2024 · YOUNG HARRIS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Blue Ridge Mountain EMC
- **Location:** 875 Main Street, YOUNG HARRIS, GEORGIA, 30582
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 13, 2024, an employee was in the process of attaching a winch rope backup to its anchoring point when the winch engaged with his hand on the rope. His right index fingertip got caught between the roller and the frame, resulting in a fingertip amputation through the nailbed.

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