# Amputations at Sims Forest Products
> OSHA SIR `2017043681` · 4/24/2017 · TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sims Forest Products
- **Location:** 190 Three Mile Lane, TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA, 35674
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a new gang saw when the employee's left hand was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in a laceration and crushing injury to the index and middle fingers. The fingers were surgically amputated at the middle joint. The machine was not guarded or locked out at the time.

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