# Amputations at Meadow River Hardwood Lumber Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20190413332` · 4/11/2019 · RAINELLE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
- **Secondary source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Meadow River Hardwood Lumber Company, LLC
- **Location:** 305 Snake Island Road, RAINELLE, WEST VIRGINIA, 25962
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying a board from his work area to the green chain. He was putting the board on the chain and caught his left middle finger between the board and the chain resulting in an amputation.

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