# Amputations at S&S Line Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076562` · 7/13/2020 · POPLARVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** S&S Line Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 381 Restertown Rd., POPLARVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 39470
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding a branch into a chipper when the branch kicked back and caught the employee's hand between it and the top of the chipper. The employee's fingertip was smashed, resulting in an amputation of the left fifth digit tip.

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