# Amputations at Piedmont Newton Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2016087296` · 8/6/2016 · COVINGTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** Piedmont Newton Hospital
- **Location:** 5126 Hospital Drive, COVINGTON, GEORGIA, 30014
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to secure a nasogastric tube to the bridge of a patient's nose when the patient bit the employee, amputating the employee's right pinky fingertip.

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