# Amputations at SOUTHERN LUMBER COMPANY, INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `20201211602` · 12/11/2020 · HERMANVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHERN LUMBER COMPANY, INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 11167 PATTISON HERMANVILLE RD., HERMANVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 39086
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clear a jam on a crossover chain. The chain moved and caught his right little finger against a gearbox. The finger was amputated.

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