# Amputations at Simcoe Wood Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021215` · 2/6/2020 · CULLMAN, ALABAMA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Simcoe Wood Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 3730 AL Hwy 69 N, CULLMAN, ALABAMA, 35058
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting slat boards with a cut-off saw. The saw/guard control was activated while her right hand was under the pneumatic guard. The guard came down and the saw blade started and came up, amputating her right index, middle, and ring fingers and the tip of the little finger.

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