# Amputations at HIXSON LUMBER SALES
> OSHA SIR `2023088035` · 8/31/2023 · RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HIXSON LUMBER SALES
- **Location:** 1207 S Macon Ave, RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72802
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working near a stick pulley belt. As the employee went under the stairs to unjam a stick, their right index finger was caught between two sticks. Their fingertip was amputated.

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