# Amputations at Griffin Lumber Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015010315` · 1/9/2015 · CORDELE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(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.
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Griffin Lumber Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1603 Drayton Road, CORDELE, GEORGIA, 31015
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 1/9/15 at 5:45 a.m., a temporary employee of Labor Finders was operating the out feed of the gang saw and reached over to grab a board with the left arm. The employee's clothing became entangled in the rotating shaft. The employee lost the left arm and was hospitalized at Macon Medical.

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