# Amputations at Winston Plywood & Veneer, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171212252` · 12/27/2017 · LOUISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Winston Plywood & Veneer, LLC
- **Location:** 1160 S. Church Avenue, LOUISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 39339
- **NAICS:** 321212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee removed a folded piece of veneer from a conveyor belt and then turned around to get ready to straighten the next piece. When he turned, his gloved left hand contacted the belt, which then pulled his index finger into the pinch point between the drive roll and guide plate. When he pulled his hand free, his index fingertip was torn off.

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