# Amputations at Wellborn Cabinet, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077660` · 7/27/2018 · ASHLAND, ALABAMA
## 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 during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wellborn Cabinet, Inc.
- **Location:** 38669 Highway 77, ASHLAND, ALABAMA, 36251
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a board through a manual chop saw, controlled by a foot pedal. As he was adjusting the board, the saw blade amputated his left index finger. The saw was guarded at the time.

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