# Amputations at Weyerhaeuser
> OSHA SIR `2019043907` · 4/16/2019 · BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Weyerhaeuser
- **Location:** 41 TJM Drive, BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26201
- **NAICS:** 321213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 16, 2019, an employee was using a staple gun to secure paper to a bundle of completed product to a line roller system. The bundle moved and the employee's finger was pinched between the product and a roller, resulting in a partial amputation of the right middle finger.

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