# Amputations at Erie Wood Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015021254` · 2/9/2015 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Erie Wood Products, LLC
- **Location:** 1835 East 12th Street, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16511
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was operating a chop saw. Employee was clearing the trimmings from the point of operation. While he had his hand in the point of operation, the saw activated and the blade came up, amputating his right hand. The employee was taken to the hospital for re-attachment surgery.

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