# Amputations at BWP Hardwoods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015063943` · 6/22/2015 · BROOKVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** BWP Hardwoods Inc.
- **Location:** 12942 US Route 322, BROOKVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15825
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee grabbed the boards as they started to jam up on the conveyor belt for the trim saw.  The employee was pushing a group of boards into another board when the board kicked back forcing the employee's hand into the conveyor belt and amputating the tip of the employee's right thumb.

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