# Amputations at MASON FOREST PRODUCTS
> OSHA SIR `20181111256` · 11/1/2018 · RUSTON, LOUISIANA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MASON FOREST PRODUCTS
- **Location:** 5571 Highway 167 North, RUSTON, LOUISIANA, 71270
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was operating a chop saw when the saw blade cut the fingers on his right hand, resulting in a right pinky finger amputation.

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