# Amputations at Suwannee Lumber Company
> OSHA SIR `2015064216` · 6/30/2015 · CROSS CITY, FLORIDA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Suwannee Lumber Company
- **Location:** 40 SW 10th St, CROSS CITY, FLORIDA, 32628
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking for proper alignment of the Hewsaw Machine. He placed his left hand by the saw box thereby crushing it and resulting in the amputation of his pointer and pinky fingers. He was taken to the hospital where he remained overnight for surgery to attach the fingers.

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