# Amputations at Weyerhaeuser
> OSHA SIR `2022021832` · 2/27/2022 · DODSON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Weyerhaeuser
- **Location:** 706 Hwy 167 N., DODSON, LOUISIANA, 71422
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing onto the outfeed roll case of a band mill. His left hand was on a 4-inch square tubing support beam as he stepped onto a bottom rail of the handrail. The handrail was attached to a set of steps, which tilted up. His left ring finger was smashed between the handrail and the square tubing. His fingertip was amputated.

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