# Amputations involving bone loss at Southern Milling & Lumber, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010719` · 1/23/2024 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Stationary sawing machinery stationary  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Milling & Lumber, Inc.
- **Location:** 1508 George Jenkins Blvd, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33815
- **NAICS:** 333210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on a trim saw. A piece of wood had gotten stuck under the conveyor belt. The saw blades were off but the conveyor belt was running. The employee's right hand was near a chain that caught his glove and amputated his right ring and middle fingers and the tip of his little finger. A guard was in place at the time.

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