# Amputations at Grand Cypress Associates, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023065645` · 6/26/2023 · AMERICUS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Grand Cypress Associates, LLC
- **Location:** 110 Mathews Drive, AMERICUS, GEORGIA, 31709
- **NAICS:** 337122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a miter saw to cut wooden corner blocks. The employee placed his left hand on the wood to brace it and the blade contacted his finger, resulting in a partial amputation of his left thumb and a laceration to his left index finger.

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