# Amputations at Millwood Lumber Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054675` · 5/14/2018 · GNADENHUTTEN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Millwood Lumber Inc.
- **Location:** 2400 Larson Road SE, GNADENHUTTEN, OHIO, 44629
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a vertical splitter to split logs and was holding the log on the top. As he depressed the foot pedal, the blades came down and amputated a portion of his right index finger.

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