# Amputations at Kevin Charles Furniture
> OSHA SIR `2018021567` · 2/14/2018 · NEW ALBANY, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Jewelry, ID badge lanyards
## Employer
- **Name:** Kevin Charles Furniture
- **Location:** 927 Sam P. Barkley Drive, NEW ALBANY, MISSISSIPPI, 38652
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking a vibration on the fiberfill machine when his wedding ring was caught on a shaft resulting in amputation of the employee's left ring finger.

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