# Amputations at Maxwell Hardwood Flooring Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065681` · 6/18/2020 · MONTICELLO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Maxwell Hardwood Flooring Inc.
- **Location:** 190 Wilson Mill Road, MONTICELLO, ARKANSAS, 71655
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a stacker machine when one of the boards became jammed. He hit the board with his hand, causing the jam to clear. The cleared board then struck his hand, smashing his right pinky finger against a metal frame just below the fingernail and resulting in a partial finger amputation.

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