# Amputations at Rolison Timber Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016054185` · 5/13/2016 · WALNUT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Rolison Timber Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Hwy 72 West, WALNUT, MISSISSIPPI, 38683
- **NAICS:** 113310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a tree with a chainsaw when the tree split and struck his left arm. The impact severely lacerated his left arm, which had to be amputated above the elbow. The employee was wearing required PPE at the time of the incident.

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