# Amputations at Scotch Gulf Lumber Company, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2015031228` · 3/16/2015 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## 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:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Scotch Gulf Lumber Company, LLC.
- **Location:** 1850 CONCEPTION STREET RD, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36610
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right index finger was amputated while greasing the conveyor that feeds the boiler. He had bent down to pick up his radio when his right hand got caught in the chain.

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