# Amputations at Thomasville Lumber Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065046` · 6/11/2022 · THOMASVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Thomasville Lumber Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 4922 HWY 5, THOMASVILLE, ALABAMA, 36784
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 11, 2022, an employee was performing maintenance on a machine part that holds logs in place while a blade cuts them. The employee was holding up the machine part when it slipped and slammed down onto his right middle finger, resulting in a crush injury that required a surgical partial amputation.

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