# Amputations at Beadles & Balfour, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181010607` · 10/15/2018 · THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Beadles & Balfour, LLC
- **Location:** 800 West Clay Street, THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, 31792
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to retrieve a piece of strap lumber from the edger un-scrambler machine when his left gloved hand came into contact with the end rolls' drive chain and sprocket. As a result, he sustained an amputation of the left ring finger, partial amputation of the left pinky finger, and laceration of the left middle finger.

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