# Amputations at Latexco
> OSHA SIR `20181011099` · 10/27/2018 · LAVONIA, 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 during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Latexco
- **Location:** 975 Gerard Road, LAVONIA, GEORGIA, 30553
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was attempting to clear a jam on a cross cut saw when the saw amputated three fingers.

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