# Amputations at Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022064742` · 6/1/2022 · BEAVERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation
- **Location:** 441 W Market Street, BEAVERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17813
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repositioning a wooden board that did not feed properly into a saw. The board then became jammed. The employee reached to grasp the board and their left middle finger became stuck between the fence and a moving chain, 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*