# Amputations at S. C. Bass Lumber Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109495` · 10/7/2016 · WETUMPKA, ALABAMA
## 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:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** S. C. Bass Lumber Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 405 QUEEN ANN ROAD, WETUMPKA, ALABAMA, 36092
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While performing sawmill operations for the pallet mill, an employee went to unjam a wood board from a saw. His left thumb was then amputated in a chain and sprocket pinch point.

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