# Amputations at Allegheny Wood Products
> OSHA SIR `20171110836` · 11/10/2017 · COWEN, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Allegheny Wood Products
- **Location:** 185 Leslie Sawmill Road, COWEN, WEST VIRGINIA, 26206
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repositioning a cant when the cant rolled back, smashing his left index finger between it and the cant deck. His fingertip was amputated (no bone loss).

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