# Amputations at Great Southern Wood - Tuscumbia, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111284` · 11/1/2018 · TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Southern Wood - Tuscumbia, Inc.
- **Location:** 1703 Denton Rd, TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA, 35674
- **NAICS:** 321114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was under a panel machine, clearing jammed wood. When the jam cleared, a chain caught his left middle finger, causing a partial amputation. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident, and was not locked/tagged out.

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