# Amputations at Van Zyvrden, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021076273` · 7/28/2021 · MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Van Zyvrden, Inc.
- **Location:** 1601 61st Place South, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39307
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting wooden boards into smaller pieces using a miter saw. The saw amputated the employee's right thumb and index finger, as well as deeply cutting the middle, ring, and little fingers.

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