# Amputations at Cross City Lumber, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023054721` · 5/27/2023 · CROSS CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cross City Lumber, LLC
- **Location:** 59 North East 132nd Avenue, CROSS CITY, FLORIDA, 32628
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating lumber machinery when the blow pipe became clogged. The employee went to clear it by opening the flow meter. While removing the cover that acts as an air seal, their left middle, ring, and little fingers were amputated by the moving parts of the machine.

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