# Amputations at Royston, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018088903` · 8/28/2018 · ROYSTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Royston, LLC
- **Location:** 1556 Old Elbert Road, ROYSTON, GEORGIA, 30662
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was forming parts on a press brake when his left thumb was caught and crushed between the top and bottom die, resulting in a partial amputation of the left thumb.

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