# Amputations at Oak Hill Veneer, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2016021183` · 2/8/2016 · TROY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Oak Hill Veneer, Incorporated
- **Location:** 23189 S.R. 14 North, TROY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16947
- **NAICS:** 321211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a cut-off saw when his glove was stuck in a chain, pulling his hand into the saw blades. He amputated his pinky finger and part of his right-hand ring finger.

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