# Amputations at Scotch Gulf Lumber Company, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2016021304` · 2/11/2016 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Scotch Gulf Lumber Company, LLC.
- **Location:** 1850 CONCEPTION STREET RD, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36610
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove cylinders that open/shut the grappler on a boom loader. The employee removed bolts and pins holding the cylinder in place, but the cylinder was stuck.  As the employee tried to manually remove it, the swivel moved and caused the employee's fingers to get caught between the swivel and a valve. The employee's left-hand middle and ring fingers were crushed. The middle finger was surgically amputated and the ring finger also required surgery.

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