# Amputations at Taylor Pallets & Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2017065290` · 6/9/2017 · WINDER, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Taylor Pallets & Recycling
- **Location:** 1030 Bankhead Hwy, WINDER, GEORGIA, 30680
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a single trim saw to cut 2x4 boards. The machine jammed and the employee turned off the saw. She began cleaning out debris from under it when her left hand hit the still moving blade, resulting in amputation of the left pinky finger and lacerations to three other left-hand fingers.

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