# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at APACHE MILLS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2025066062` · 6/24/2025 · CALHOUN, 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  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** APACHE MILLS, INC.
- **Location:** 197 ROYAL DR, CALHOUN, GEORGIA, 30701
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 24, 2025, a maintenance technician was clearing out a jam on a flocking machine. Their right hand contacted the augers in the recovery vent resulting in a ring fingertip amputation. The recovery vent pipe was not guarded at the time of the incident.

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