# Amputations at Shelly and Sands
> OSHA SIR `2015118853` · 11/23/2015 · CAMBRIDGE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
- **Secondary source:** Co-worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Shelly and Sands
- **Location:** I-70 & State Route 265, CAMBRIDGE, OHIO, 43725
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was measuring plywood with a coworker when the coworker stepped on the plywood. The injured employee's finger got caught between two sheets of plywood and the left ring fingertip was snipped off. The employee required surgical amputation down to the first joint.

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