# Amputations at SKC, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20181111404` · 11/5/2018 · COVINGTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SKC, INC.
- **Location:** 1000 SKC DRIVE, COVINGTON, GEORGIA, 30014
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A slitter operator was removing a piece of plastic that had fallen when the slitter machine was activated. It amputated the tip of the employee's finger.

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