# Amputations at Hancock Lumber
> OSHA SIR `2017099282` · 9/27/2017 · PITTSFIELD, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hancock Lumber
- **Location:** 407 Stinson Road, PITTSFIELD, MAINE, 04967
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing boards in a planer when a board slid over and pinched the employee's finger between it and the guide fence, amputating the fingertip.

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