# Amputations at Biewer Lumber
> OSHA SIR `2022087111` · 8/11/2022 · WINONA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Planing mills
## Employer
- **Name:** Biewer Lumber
- **Location:** 625 Sawyer Road, WINONA, MISSISSIPPI, 38967
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing debris from a planer. The piece of lumber he was using pulled his hand into the machine and the blade amputated his right index fingertip.

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