# Amputations at Maine Wood Timber & Posts
> OSHA SIR `20211210720` · 12/14/2021 · BELGRADE, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Planing mills
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Maine Wood Timber & Posts
- **Location:** 460 Smithfield Road, BELGRADE, MAINE, 04917
- **NAICS:** 333243
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was wiping down a plate on a planer machine when his rag became caught, pulling his right hand into the machine. The employee's index and middle fingers were amputated.

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