# Amputations at CLEARSPAN COMPONENTS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017032755` · 3/27/2017 · MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CLEARSPAN COMPONENTS, INC.
- **Location:** 6110 OLD HWY 80 W, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39301
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding lumber into a header saw when the saw was activated via the foot switch, causing it to cycle and amputate his left ring finger at the nail.

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