# Amputations involving bone loss at Higgins Pallets
> OSHA SIR `2024054580` · 5/24/2024 · LAMAR, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Stationary sawing machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Higgins Pallets
- **Location:** 641 SE Tenth Road, LAMAR, MISSOURI, 64759
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the sawmill when the notcher on the saw amputated his left middle and ring fingers above the knuckles.

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