# Amputations at TNS Hardwood Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016021301` · 2/11/2016 · MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA
## 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TNS Hardwood Corporation
- **Location:** 293 Harrisburg Rd., MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, 31061
- **NAICS:** 333243
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A worker was backing a log out of the mill when the log became jammed. When a maintenance employee attempted to push the log out with a block of wood, a chain amputated the maintenance employee's right index finger.

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