# Amputations at WVSR, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065176` · 6/15/2022 · BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Log processing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** WVSR, Inc.
- **Location:** 16 Lumber Street, BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26201
- **NAICS:** 113310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a debarker when a chain slipped into the roll cage. The employee attempted to kick the chain back onto the sprocket when his right foot got caught in the sprocket and chain, resulting in amputations of the tips of the big toe and index toe.

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