# Amputations at Jack Batte and Son Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065348` · 6/12/2017 · FOREST, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Jack Batte and Son Inc.
- **Location:** 221 SCR 35 - 9, FOREST, MISSISSIPPI, 39074
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a shim from the eye opening of an edger when it amputated his left middle fingertip.

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