# Amputations at Western Timber Products
> OSHA SIR `2015085511` · 8/6/2015 · WEISER, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Timber Products
- **Location:** 720 Hillcrest, WEISER, IDAHO, 83672
- **NAICS:** 333210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 6, 2015, an employee was trimming scrap boards with a chop saw at the end of his shift. He activated the foot pedal while his hand was removing boards.  The saw amputated the tips of his middle and ring fingers.  He was transported to the hospital where the doctor removed a portion of the bone in order to close the wound.

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