# Amputations at Linden Lumber, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021010341` · 1/13/2021 · LINDEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Linden Lumber, LLC
- **Location:** 23741 US Hwy 43, LINDEN, ALABAMA, 36748
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to adjust a chain and sprocket that was out of alignment and causing issues with the conveyor system. The conveyor system was engaged and the employee's fingers were caught between the chain and sprocket causing the amputation of his left index and middle fingers.

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