# Amputations at Besse Forest Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010595` · 1/19/2023 · GOODMAN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Log processing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Besse Forest Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 200 C Avenue, GOODMAN, WISCONSIN, 54125
- **NAICS:** 321211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting logs on the deck from his front-end loader when he noticed a problem. The employee went to clear the clean-out chute in the sawmill debarker area when the machine was activated. His right thumb became caught in the drive chain, resulting in an amputation to the tip.

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