# Amputations at REED LUMBER CO.
> OSHA SIR `2022032349` · 3/15/2022 · POTOSI, MISSOURI
## 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:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** REED LUMBER CO.
- **Location:** 19111 WEST STATE HWY 8, POTOSI, MISSOURI, 63664
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was overseeing the operation of a sawmill wood chipper. As he tried to unjam a piece of wood in the chipper, the piece dislodged and caught his left hand against the upper side of the chipper mouth. His little finger was medically amputated.

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