# Amputations at West Fraser
> OSHA SIR `2016065759` · 6/27/2016 · NEW BOSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** West Fraser
- **Location:** 1345 US Highway 82 East, NEW BOSTON, TEXAS, 75570
- **NAICS:** 321912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was straightening boards on the landing table when his right hand was caught in a roller. His left middle and ring fingers were injured, and his ring finger was amputated at the hospital.

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