# Amputations involving bone loss at HP Pelzer Automotive Systems Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025010081` · 1/3/2025 · THOMSON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** HP Pelzer Automotive Systems Inc.
- **Location:** 1884 WARRENTON HWY, THOMSON, GEORGIA, 30824
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading foam pieces into a press oven when the machine malfunctioned and the employee's hands were amputated.

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