# Amputations at Hixson Lumber Company
> OSHA SIR `2023043054` · 4/6/2023 · GILMER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Planing mills
## Employer
- **Name:** Hixson Lumber Company
- **Location:** 1215 S. Montgomery Street, Gilmer, TX, GILMER, TEXAS, 75644
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding a board through a planer. The board became lodged and as the employee went to fix it, his finger was caught in the machine. The employee sustained a left middle fingertip amputation.

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