# Amputations at Quality Mill Of Louisiana, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2018076989` · 7/12/2018 · FLORIEN, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** Quality Mill Of Louisiana, LLC.
- **Location:** 39228 Hwy 171S, FLORIEN, LOUISIANA, 71429
- **NAICS:** 333210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding a slab of wood into a chipper machine when the slab became stuck. As the employee attempted to loosen it, the employee's finger was smashed between the end feed of the machine, resulting in an amputation.

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