# Amputations at North Florida Lumber
> OSHA SIR `2015063906` · 6/19/2015 · BRISTOL, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
- **Secondary source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** North Florida Lumber
- **Location:** 18601 NW CR 12, BRISTOL, FLORIDA, 32321
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was trying to free a log jam on the DDM6 machine. The machine was locked and tagged out at the time. He was using a sledge hammer to break the log loose. The sledge hammer slipped, and the employee's left thumb became stuck between the hammer head and the blade on the machine.

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