# Amputations at UNIVERSAL FOREST PRODUCTS
> OSHA SIR `2017076457` · 7/13/2017 · HARRISONVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** UNIVERSAL FOREST PRODUCTS
- **Location:** 2600 PRECISION DRIVE, P.O. BOX 386, HARRISONVILLE, MISSOURI, 64701
- **NAICS:** 321912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a saw as a forklift driver set lumber on it. The employee's left middle fingertip was crushed between the lumber and the saw's backrest. When he pulled his hand out, his fingertip was amputated.

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