# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Blue Ridge Paper Products
> OSHA SIR `2024054359` · 5/17/2024 · ATHENS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Rollers, calenders, dryers paper production
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Blue Ridge Paper Products
- **Location:** 600 Dairy Pak Rd., ATHENS, GEORGIA, 30607
- **NAICS:** 322212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 17, 2024, a maintenance employee was performing planned maintenance on a dryer and greasing the bearings while in a squatting position. When he stood up, he lost balance and his left hand contacted the supply fan drive shaft resulting in partial amputations to two fingers.

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