# Amputations at Carpenter Company
> OSHA SIR `20191111817` · 11/13/2019 · VERONA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Carpenter Company
- **Location:** 184 Lipford Road, VERONA, MISSISSIPPI, 38879
- **NAICS:** 326150
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was cleaning a piece of fiber from a roller shaft bearing when the roller turned and the protruding teeth struck the employee, causing an amputation to the right index finger.

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