# Amputations at Wellborn Cabinet Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021053759` · 5/6/2021 · ASHLAND, ALABAMA
## 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wellborn Cabinet Inc
- **Location:** 38669 Hwy 77, ASHLAND, ALABAMA, 36251
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to blow dust from a machine. The air hose got stuck in the machine and as the employee went to retrieve the hose from the machine the saw blade partially amputated their right middle finger. The entire finger was medically amputated.

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