# Amputations involving bone loss at River Mill Data Management
> OSHA SIR `20241010063` · 10/29/2024 · COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Trash compactors, shredders
- **Secondary source:** Powered take offs (PTOs)
## Employer
- **Name:** River Mill Data Management
- **Location:** 3715 1st Avenue, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, 31904
- **NAICS:** 561990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 29, 2024, an employee was unbinding a belt on a power take-off (PTO) driven paper shredder when the PTO started turning the pulleys. The employee's hand was caught in the belt drive, resulting in a finger amputation and a partial finger amputation.

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