# Amputations at Louisiana Pacific Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021021571` · 2/21/2021 · CARTHAGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Louisiana Pacific Corporation
- **Location:** 1199 County Road 201, CARTHAGE, TEXAS, 75633
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a wood burner. A falling clump of wood ash struck his right hand in the airlock, causing the amputation of the ring fingertip against the airlock fin and the chute's frame.

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