# Amputations at Barrel 53 Cooperage
> OSHA SIR `2023032081` · 3/6/2023 · HIGBEE, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Barrel 53 Cooperage
- **Location:** 7239 Hwy A, HIGBEE, MISSOURI, 65257
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was gathering wood that was cut by the end trimming machine and stacking it on a nearby pallet when their finger was caught in a chain and sprocket of a wood-conveying machine. The employee sustained a left index finger amputation from the tip to below the first joint.

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