# Amputations at Great Lakes Lumber & Pallet, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022109347` · 10/25/2022 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Lakes Lumber & Pallet, Inc.
- **Location:** 3333 W. 47th Place, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60632
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a groove in a board. The employee lifted the board and was trying to lay down a support wheel when the sawblade amputated the employee's finger.

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