# Amputations at Southern Packaging Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015042267` · 4/22/2015 · WOODVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Log processing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Packaging Inc.
- **Location:** 872 Depot Street, WOODVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 39669
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unhanging wood scraps from an edger when his left hand got caught in a belt and sprocket, amputating his left ring finger and causing other injuries to his left hand.

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