# Amputations at Southeastern Pathology  Associates
> OSHA SIR `2018088077` · 8/7/2018 · BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Medical, surgical, x-ray machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Southeastern Pathology  Associates
- **Location:** 203 Indigo Dr., BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, 31525
- **NAICS:** 621511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting paraffin blocks on a microtome when the microtome blade partially amputated the employee's left ring finger.

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