# Amputations at Augusta Coating and Manufacturing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016109922` · 10/21/2016 · THOMSON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Motors other than vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Augusta Coating and Manufacturing, LLC
- **Location:** 1048 Superior Way, THOMSON, GEORGIA, 30824
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a seized motor when the motor started and pulled the employee's thumb through the pulley. The employee suffered an amputation of the left thumb above the knuckle and bruising to the left middle and ring fingers.

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