# Amputations at UNITED FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019054600` · 5/6/2019 · AMORY, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC.
- **Location:** 60063 PUCKETT DR., AMORY, MISSISSIPPI, 38821
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a jammed nail in the pneumatic panel nail machine and suffered the amputation of the left index fingertip. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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