# Amputations at Cherokee Brick and Tile
> OSHA SIR `2017088046` · 8/21/2017 · MACON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Cherokee Brick and Tile
- **Location:** 3250 WATERVILLE ROAD, MACON, GEORGIA, 31206
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 3 x 8 metal plate when his right hand was caught between the metal plate and the top layer of a stone resting on a kiln cart. His right middle finger broke in three places and was partially de-gloved and surgically amputated.

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