# Amputations at GEORGIA POWER
> OSHA SIR `2018010696` · 1/22/2018 · CARTERSVILLE, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GEORGIA POWER
- **Location:** 317 Covered Bridge Rd, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30120
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was acting as a spotter as another employee was operating a portable crane to remove a bag house filter. His hand was holding the top part of the hoist's load cable when it reeled in his left index finger, pinching it and resulting in a surgical amputation.

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