# Amputations at Bway Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022010727` · 1/25/2022 · HOMERVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Bway Corporation
- **Location:** 1601 Valdosta Highway, HOMERVILLE, GEORGIA, 31634
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was training a new machine operator. The employee was adjusting the hardware that was to be welded when the operator triggered the welding platen while the trainer's right hand was still on the ammo box, resulting in amputations of the index finger and thumb.

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