# Amputations at Moose River Lumber Company
> OSHA SIR `20190910078` · 9/26/2019 · MOOSE RIVER, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Moose River Lumber Company
- **Location:** 25 Talpey road, MOOSE RIVER, MAINE, 04945
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a bearing on a pulley. While the employee was lifting the centering roller, the conveyor belt pinched the employee's left middle finger. The finger was surgically amputated at the first digit.

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