# Amputations at Elberta Crate & Box Co.
> OSHA SIR `2020032272` · 3/10/2020 · BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** Elberta Crate & Box Co.
- **Location:** 606 Dothan Rd., BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, 39817
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While clearing wood from a under a chipper machine, an employee's right hand was caught in the chain and sprocket, resulting in amputation of the thumb and index fingers and lacerations to the right hand, forearm, shoulder, chest, and the back of the head.

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