# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at General Shale Brick, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025077293` · 7/25/2025 · AUGUSTA, 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:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Drives, belts, chains
## Employer
- **Name:** General Shale Brick, Inc.
- **Location:** 1630 Arthern Rd, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30901
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a paint roller when his left ring finger was caught in a chain and sprocket. The fingertip was amputated.

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