# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at C.W. MATTHEWS CONTRACTING CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2025032941` · 3/28/2025 · COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Handtools  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** C.W. MATTHEWS CONTRACTING CO., INC.
- **Location:** Muscogee County State Route 22, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, 31901
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 28, 2025, an employee working as a machine operator was changing the teeth on a milling drum. He was using the tooth extractor when his left index finger became caught between the drum and the extractor. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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