# Amputations at M.C. Dixon Lumber Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021043536` · 4/29/2021 · EUFAULA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Drives-chain, leather, fabric, vee belt
- **Secondary source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** M.C. Dixon Lumber Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 536 West Foundry St, EUFAULA, ALABAMA, 36027
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were putting back a planer chain using a come-along. The come-along slipped and the chain fell, landing on an employee's right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated (without bone loss).

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