# Amputations at Harbin Lumber Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020098406` · 9/3/2020 · LAVONIA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Arm saws, radial arm saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Harbin Lumber Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 560 Smith Road, LAVONIA, GEORGIA, 30553
- **NAICS:** 321214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a 4x4 section of lumber with a radial arm saw. The lumber kicked up and pushed her hand towards the saw blade. The employee sustained a laceration on the left pinky and middle fingers and injury to the left ring finger requiring amputation.

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