# Amputations at Idaho Forest Group
> OSHA SIR `2019043778` · 4/12/2019 · LEWISTON, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Idaho Forest Group
- **Location:** 280 Sycamore Dr, LEWISTON, IDAHO, 83501
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was re-banding a unit of lumber on outfeed chains. The lumber advanced and trapped the employee's right middle finger against the end stop. The fingertip was amputated.

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