# Amputations at Weyerhaeuser
> OSHA SIR `2023010886` · 1/28/2023 · DODSON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Weyerhaeuser
- **Location:** 706 Hwy 167 N., DODSON, LOUISIANA, 71422
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying a self-emptying trash dumpster. When the lever came down onto the track that guides the hopper into the dumping position, the employee sustained partial amputations to the right middle and index fingers.

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