# Amputations at Magnolia Flooring Mill LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017088212` · 8/25/2017 · HAMBURG, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Magnolia Flooring Mill LLC
- **Location:** 700 Mill Rd., HAMBURG, ARKANSAS, 71646
- **NAICS:** 238330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting lumber with a rough knot saw. The employee was moving planks of wood from a roller when the saw was activated. The saw's guard came down just before the saw blade came up, and the employee's right index and middle fingertips were amputate by the blade or the moving guard.

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