# Amputations at Millwood Lumber Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054922` · 5/15/2019 · GNADENHUTTEN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Log processing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Millwood Lumber Inc.
- **Location:** 2400 Larson Road SE, GNADENHUTTEN, OHIO, 44629
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a wood splitter machine. His left hand was in the point of operation when the machine was actuated via the foot pedal. The vertical knife blade contacted his left hand, resulting in a partial amputation of the left index finger and a severe laceration.

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