# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at COWART MULCH PRODUCTS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024054424` · 5/20/2024 · BALL GROUND, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Chippers
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** COWART MULCH PRODUCTS, INC.
- **Location:** 9290 Matt HWY, BALL GROUND, GEORGIA, 30107
- **NAICS:** 113210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had dropped off a large chipper the size of a tractor trailer. There was some maintenance needed on one of the outriggers. The foot had been damaged and the employee was helping a maintenance person remove a piece of the chipper. The employee's fingers were caught between two pieces of metal they were attempting to take apart and the employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

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