# Amputations at Buchanan Hardwood Flooring, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023076361` · 7/17/2023 · ALICEVILLE, ALABAMA
## 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:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Buchanan Hardwood Flooring, LLC
- **Location:** 600 Baptist Road, ALICEVILLE, ALABAMA, 35442
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding lumber into a chop saw to cut out knots. The machine activated and amputated his right index finger and lacerated the middle finger.

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