# Amputations at GEORGIA POWER
> OSHA SIR `2016109617` · 10/12/2016 · BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
## Employer
- **Name:** GEORGIA POWER
- **Location:** Right-a-way, BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, 39817
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a bucket truck with a jib (rope and pulley system). The employee was using the pulley system to pull up an insulator. While trying to pull up the insulator, the employee's hand was caught between the rope and the pulley resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

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