# Amputations at STORM LUMBER & PALLET COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2015052874` · 5/14/2015 · LICKING, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** STORM LUMBER & PALLET COMPANY
- **Location:** 12149 HARTVILLE ROAD, LICKING, MISSOURI, 65542
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting lumber to size using a swing saw in the pallet shed. The saw blade caught his right glove as it passed and pulled his right arm underneath, amputating his right hand at or above the wrist. He required surgery to amputate his right arm 3 inches below the elbow and was hospitalized.

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