# Amputations at Southern Packaging
> OSHA SIR `2018065884` · 6/14/2018 · WOODVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Packaging
- **Location:** 872 Depot Street, WOODVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 39669
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee became dizzy from heat while stacking lumber and reached out to regain balance. While reaching out, the employee's left middle finger was caught in a chain and sprocket, resulting in an amputation.

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