# Amputations at Sun Mountain Lumber, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065804` · 6/13/2018 · DEER LODGE, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sun Mountain Lumber, Inc.
- **Location:** 181 GREENHOUSE RD., DEER LODGE, MONTANA, 59722
- **NAICS:** 321912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a piece of lathe from a jack ladder chain. When she pulled the lathe loose, the jack ladder chain started up and pinched the tip of her right middle finger between the chain lug and the metal plating. Her right middle finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

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