# Amputations at Southern Parallel Forest Products Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2022021544` · 2/17/2022 · ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Parallel Forest Products Corp.
- **Location:** 660 Industrial Boulevard, ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35950
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to move a tangled drive chain. The employee's left ring finger got caught in the drive chain when the motor started. The employee required surgery to remove the fingernail and close the wound.

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