# Amputations at Weyerhaeuser
> OSHA SIR `2020032121` · 3/5/2020 · DODSON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Weyerhaeuser
- **Location:** 706 Hwy 167 N., DODSON, LOUISIANA, 71422
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As an employee was walking to his work station, he saw two boards misaligned on the green trimmer conveyor belt. When he reached to align the boards his left pinky finger was jammed between the conveyor belt wall and the boards. His left pinky fingertip was surgically amputated.

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