# Amputations at Gator Millworks, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015020537` · 2/18/2015 · DENHAM SPRINGS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Routers and molders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Gator Millworks, Inc.
- **Location:** 30590 La Highway 16, DENHAM SPRINGS, LOUISIANA, 70726
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shaping a piece of wood with a router. When the employee lifted the guard on the router to shape the wood, the tip of his right ring finger was amputated.

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