# Amputations at CHEROKEE BRICK & TILE COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2016065006` · 6/7/2016 · JACKSON, 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:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CHEROKEE BRICK & TILE COMPANY
- **Location:** 2050 Forest Ave, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, 39213
- **NAICS:** 327121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a machine during the brick-making process when the machine's blade amputated his right thumb.

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