# Amputations at THOMPSON HARDWOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021053691` · 5/5/2021 · HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** THOMPSON HARDWOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 600 Baxley Hwy, HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA, 31539
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing the chain back on the sprocket of a rip saw when his glove was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in amputation of his left pinky and ring fingers. His left middle finger was partially amputated.

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