# Amputations at Thompson Hardwoods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191213309` · 12/31/2019 · HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Thompson Hardwoods, Inc.
- **Location:** 600 Baxley Highway, HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA, 31539
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a piece of stuck bark debris from a conveyor system. The conveyor caught the employee's left hand, lacerating the thumb and possibly amputating the index fingertip.

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