# Amputations at West End Firewood, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076233` · 7/3/2020 · WHITINSVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Log processing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** West End Firewood, Inc.
- **Location:** 496 Purgatory Rd, WHITINSVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01588
- **NAICS:** 454319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unjamming a wood cutting/wood splitter machine when it amputated the employee's hand.

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