# Amputations at Southern Shutter Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032423` · 3/13/2020 · MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Shutter Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 Coffee St, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36104
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning wood dust from a molder after running the machine. The blades snagged the tips of his gloves, pulling his right hand under the guard and into the splitting head. The employee suffered amputations to the ring and little fingers above the knuckle.

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