# Amputations at HIXSON LUMBER SALES
> OSHA SIR `2019032316` · 3/4/2019 · RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Planing mills
## Employer
- **Name:** HIXSON LUMBER SALES
- **Location:** 1207 S Macon Ave, RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72802
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a jam from a planer and amputated his right index finger at the first knuckle.

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