# Amputations at Matthew International
> OSHA SIR `2019044155` · 4/24/2019 · ELBERTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
- **Source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Matthew International
- **Location:** 1311 Bowman Highway, ELBERTON, GEORGIA, 30635
- **NAICS:** 327991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a crane to load a truck with stacks of granite when one of the stacks broke and crushed three of his right-hand fingers, breaking them. His middle finger had to be amputated to the first knuckle.

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