# Amputations at Whiskey Canon Ranch
> OSHA SIR `2015107411` · 10/6/2015 · KOPPERL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Whiskey Canon Ranch
- **Location:** 17840 FM Rd. 56, KOPPERL, TEXAS, 76652
- **NAICS:** 112111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a log splitter to split fire wood.  He placed a log in the holder and activated the hydraulic lever that operates the blade. His left hand was still holding the log at the time, and his left pinky fingertip was smashed.

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