# Amputations at Abbeville Fiber, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020109961` · 10/19/2020 · ABBEVILLE, ALABAMA
## 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:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Abbeville Fiber, LLC
- **Location:** 2714 U.S. 431, ABBEVILLE, ALABAMA, 36310
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on the conveyor belt leading to the chipper when a stump kicked back and jammed his right ring finger resulting in a compound fracture and secondary partial amputation.

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