# Amputations at REED LUMBER CO.
> OSHA SIR `2020087808` · 8/18/2020 · POTOSI, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** REED LUMBER CO.
- **Location:** 19111 WEST STATE HWY 8, POTOSI, MISSOURI, 63664
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping reconnect a drag chain. The chain began jumping; as he tried to hold it down, his foot was caught between the chain and a sprocket. Three of his toes were smashed, and there was an amputation.

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