# Amputations at HIXSON LUMBER SALES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015052542` · 5/3/2015 · MAGNOLIA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** HIXSON LUMBER SALES, INC.
- **Location:** 1600 Hampton Drive, MAGNOLIA, ARKANSAS, 71753
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting boards and making sticks when a board got jammed in the saw. The employee tried to unjam the board and upon removing the jammed board the conveyor to the machine became activated. The employee's 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*