# Amputations at Lodge Lumber Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210857` · 12/17/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lodge Lumber Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 5001 Oates Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77013
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing pieces of wood on a saw. The guards of the saw lowered, and the employee's left hand was caught between a piece of wood and the guard. The employee was taken to the hospital for treatment, and their left middle fingertip was amputated.

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