# Amputations at Thomasville Lumber Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065748` · 6/30/2022 · THOMASVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Thomasville Lumber Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 4922 HWY 5, THOMASVILLE, ALABAMA, 36784
- **NAICS:** 321912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was helping to change the blades on a bandsaw. One of the two hoods on the saw (which opened for blade replacement) closed on the employee's hand, resulting in an amputation to the right little finger. The employee was hospitalized.

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