# Amputations at Valley Cedar Products
> OSHA SIR `2023054383` · 5/16/2023 · FRENCHVILLE, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Planing mills
## Employer
- **Name:** Valley Cedar Products
- **Location:** 18 US Rt. 1, FRENCHVILLE, MAINE, 04745
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clean out the space below a planer when their right hand was caught in the planer blade. The employee sustained an amputation of their right index, ring, and little fingers, as well as abrasions to their right palm and wrist. The right middle finger was surgically amputated. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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