# Amputations at Woodgrain Millwork, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021075394` · 7/1/2021 · AMERICUS, 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:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Woodgrain Millwork, Inc.
- **Location:** 124 Austin Rd., AMERICUS, GEORGIA, 31719
- **NAICS:** 321911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a wrap line machine. While checking the tension of a chain in the machine, the employee's glove was caught by the chain and his finger was pinched between the chain and a sprocket. His left index finger was medically amputated to the first knuckle. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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