# Amputations at Madtown Logging and Firewood
> OSHA SIR `2020066097` · 6/30/2020 · MADAWASKA, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Log processing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Madtown Logging and Firewood
- **Location:** 980 Main Street, MADAWASKA, MAINE, 04756
- **NAICS:** 113310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a log processor to cut a log. He tried to support a cut piece of log with his hand when the weight of the log pushed his hand into the log splitter's blade, resulting in the amputation of his left hand at the wrist.

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