# Amputations at Groundworks
> OSHA SIR `20201211837` · 12/18/2020 · MARIETTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Groundworks
- **Location:** 875 Pickens Industrial Dr., MARIETTA, GEORGIA, 30062
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to connect pipes. His right middle finger was caught and amputated between two pipes as they came together.

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