# Amputations at UNITED FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016054328` · 5/18/2016 · AMORY, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC.
- **Location:** 60063 PUCKETT DR., AMORY, MISSISSIPPI, 38821
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered the amputation of two fingers and two fingertips on the right hand after attempting to clear a clogged grinder that is used to grind waste Dacron.

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