# Amputations at Walker Lumber Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010492` · 10/10/2018 · HOLLIDAYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Screwdrivers-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** Walker Lumber Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 780 Reservoir Road, HOLLIDAYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 16648
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a screwdriver to remove a stick jammed in a descrambler chain. The screwdriver kicked out and the employee's thumb entered the chain area, causing a laceration and amputation injury to the thumb tip.

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