# Amputations at Southern Homes
> OSHA SIR `2016076277` · 7/12/2016 · RUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Homes
- **Location:** 1037 Hwy 44, RUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA, 35654
- **NAICS:** 321991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee picked up carpet from a carpet cutting machine. The machine was still running and his ring finger got caught on the tip of the blade. The employee was wearing gloves when his finger was struck by the blade resulting in a partial amputation of the right ring finger.

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