# Amputations at Wellborn Forest Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021483` · 2/13/2018 · ALEXANDER CITY, 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:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Wellborn Forest Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 2212 Airport Blvd., ALEXANDER CITY, ALABAMA, 35010
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was running a band saw machine and crushed the tip of the right middle finger in the bar holder when the machine cycled. The bone was exposed and the finger was amputated to just below the nail.

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