# Amputations involving bone loss at Nestle Purina - Hartwell, GA
> OSHA SIR `2024098129` · 9/2/2024 · HARTWELL, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Nestle Purina - Hartwell, GA
- **Location:** 266 Industrial Park Road, HARTWELL, GEORGIA, 30643
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing repairs on a product elevator when the elevator slipped off the forks of the forklift. The scissor legs of the elevator landed on the employee's left hand, amputating the fourth and fifth digits.

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