# Amputations at W W Wood, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016087559` · 8/12/2016 · PLEASANTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Log processing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** W W Wood, INC.
- **Location:** 1799 Corgey Road, PLEASANTON, TEXAS, 78064
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a wood processor to process logs. The logs, which were being held down by a clamp, tipped, so the employee opened the processor screen. The clamp then came down and smashed his left-hand little finger. His fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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