# Amputations at Thomasville Lumber Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010144` · 1/7/2020 · THOMASVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Thomasville Lumber Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 4922 HWY 5, THOMASVILLE, ALABAMA, 36784
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing jammed boards on a conveyor. The conveyor chain caught the employee's hands, causing the amputation of four fingers on the left hand and two on the right hand.

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