# Amputations at Appalachian Wood Floors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022075816` · 7/5/2022 · PORTSMOUTH, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Appalachian Wood Floors, Inc.
- **Location:** 838 Campbell Ave, PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, 45662
- **NAICS:** 321114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling waste lumber material onto a conveyor deck when their left little finger got caught in a conveyor 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*