# Amputations at Hixson Lumber Sales
> OSHA SIR `2016087448` · 8/10/2016 · PLUMERVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Logs
- **Secondary source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hixson Lumber Sales
- **Location:** 125 Hixson Road, PLUMERVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72127
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unjamming a log stuck in the slab deck. His hand was caught under the log when his coworker restarted the machine. This caused the log to smash his right ring and pinky fingers, leading to a medical amputation of his fingertips.

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