# Amputations at Thomasville Lumber Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076715` · 7/23/2016 · THOMASVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Brush hogs-tractor
## Employer
- **Name:** Thomasville Lumber Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 4922 HWY 5, THOMASVILLE, ALABAMA, 36784
- **NAICS:** 321912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching the bush hog arm to the tractor hitch. The arm slipped over the hitch and pinched the tip of the employee's right middle finger resulting in the avulsion of the fingertip and nail.

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