# Amputations at LL&S Waste Wood
> OSHA SIR `2019088411` · 8/15/2019 · SALEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## 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:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LL&S Waste Wood
- **Location:** 87 Lowell Road, SALEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03079
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a drive belt on a locked-out conveyor. The pulley was turned from the other side, and his thumb was caught between the pulley and the belt. He suffered a soft-tissue amputation (losing the skin and the nail) from his left thumb just below the thumbnail.

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