# Amputations at Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211302` · 12/11/2023 · SALTILLO, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 234 Turner Industrial Park Rd, SALTILLO, MISSISSIPPI, 38866
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.

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