# Amputations at NATIONAL WOOD PRODUCTS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021064612` · 6/7/2021 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NATIONAL WOOD PRODUCTS, INC.
- **Location:** 4300 Oneida Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80216
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a plywood press on a gluing line. A piece of plywood got stuck. While he was trying to release it, the press actuated and crushed several of his fingers. He suffered crushing injuries and amputations to the fingers.

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