# Amputations at Birdsong Peanuts
> OSHA SIR `2018021154` · 2/4/2018 · COLQUITT, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Birdsong Peanuts
- **Location:** 608 East Main Street, COLQUITT, GEORGIA, 39837
- **NAICS:** 111992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading peanut stock onto a scale from a hopper. An inspection cover was removed and his hand was inside an inspection-hole opening when another employee started the fan. The fan blade then partially amputated his right middle finger.

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