# Amputations at TIMBERWEST MANUFACTURING, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022065696` · 6/29/2022 · RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TIMBERWEST MANUFACTURING, LLC
- **Location:** 5400 FOLSOM ROAD, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57709
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing fence posts for shipment on a pallet. The employee's hand was struck by a post as it dropped out of the feeder. The post weighed approximately 65 pounds and caused tissue damage that required medical amputation to the distal phalange of the left middle finger.

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