# Amputations at Columbia West Virginia Corp
> OSHA SIR `2019054896` · 5/14/2019 · CRAIGSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Loaders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Columbia West Virginia Corp
- **Location:** 242 Columbia Forest Products Road, CRAIGSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26205
- **NAICS:** 321211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking oil on a loader. He went to shut the side engine panel/cowling when his right index finger was smashed in the hinge area of the panel, requiring surgical amputation of the bone.

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