# Amputations at Batesville Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2016087668` · 8/16/2016 · VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Batesville Manufacturing
- **Location:** 687 Warrenton Lane, VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39180
- **NAICS:** 339995
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a piece of wood (with her right hand) that was wedged under the board stop when a board slammed down on her hand, severely lacerating her right index finger and amputating the fingertip.

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