# Amputations at Walnut Creek Planing, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `20221211107` · 12/22/2022 · MILLERSBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Walnut Creek Planing, Ltd.
- **Location:** 5778 State Route 515, MILLERSBURG, OHIO, 44654
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming wood pieces when they observed sawdust escaping from the crevices of the 24-inch jump saw. The employee was clearing the clogged sawdust at the machine's dust port when three fingers on their right hand were struck by the saw blade. The ring and little fingers were amputated and the middle finger was lacerated.

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