# Amputations at Stark Truss Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054905` · 5/14/2019 · COVINGTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Stark Truss Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 9121 City Pond Rd, COVINGTON, GEORGIA, 30014
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a saw and feeding a piece of material into the saw when she attempted to fix material that became dislodged. Her right ring finger was pinched/crushed by the feeding mechanism, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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