# Amputations at Appalachian Wood Floors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023064886` · 6/2/2023 · PORTSMOUTH, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Appalachian Wood Floors, Inc.
- **Location:** 838 Campbell Ave., PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, 45662
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an end matcher machine that makes grooves on hardwood flooring and wall/ceiling paneling. The board overlapped and as the employee went to make a correction, his thumb was partially amputated by the blade.

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