# Amputations at Lincoln Wood Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021032701` · 3/31/2021 · MERRILL, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lincoln Wood Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 905 W. 3rd Street, MERRILL, WISCONSIN, 54452
- **NAICS:** 321911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing wood from the molder when the feed wheel picked up the next wood board pushing the board forward. The employee's right index finger was struck by the board and pinched between another board, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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