# Amputations at LANGDALE FOREST PRODUCTS CO.
> OSHA SIR `2022076203` · 7/15/2022 · VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** LANGDALE FOREST PRODUCTS CO.
- **Location:** 1202 Madison Highway, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a band saw to cut metal runners. He was trying to get a piece of metal out of the saw when its blade caught his right index finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

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