# Amputations at Hickman Lumber Company
> OSHA SIR `2023064843` · 6/1/2023 · EMLENTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hickman Lumber Company
- **Location:** 4965 Emlenton Clintonville Road, EMLENTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 16373
- **NAICS:** 333243
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stacking lumber for a chain conveyor. The employee's gloved finger was caught between the return chain and a guide guard. The finger was pulled into the chain, and the employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

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