# Amputations at Structural Wood Systems
> OSHA SIR `2016098969` · 9/22/2016 · GREENVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Wooden beams
## Employer
- **Name:** Structural Wood Systems
- **Location:** 321 Dohrimier Street, GREENVILLE, ALABAMA, 36037
- **NAICS:** 321213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing pre-fabrication operations for a jointing wood process when his right middle finger was crushed and partially amputated between two beams he was aligning.

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