# Amputations at Potter Lumber LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022108790` · 10/6/2022 · ALLEGANY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Potter Lumber LLC
- **Location:** 3786 POTTER ROAD, ALLEGANY, NEW YORK, 14706
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a railroad tie onto the lug chain of a trimmer. A board became stuck under the tie. The employee tried to roll the board loose; his finger rolled with it and was pinched between the tie and the lug chain. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip.

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