# Amputations at Rex Lumber Graceville, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019099867` · 9/20/2019 · GRACEVILLE, FLORIDA
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rex Lumber Graceville, LLC
- **Location:** 5299 Alabama Street, GRACEVILLE, FLORIDA, 32440
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An  employee was using a chop saw to cut boards. A board jammed. As he was clearing the jam, his right hand came in contact with the blade, resulting in the amputation of his middle and index fingers at the first joint. The machine was guarded at the time.

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