# Amputations at Ed Arey & Sons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023064969` · 6/6/2023 · BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ed Arey & Sons, Inc.
- **Location:** 5357 Clarksburg Rd, BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26201
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was measuring a log on the saw machine carriage when his right index finger became wedged between the log and the end stop of the machine. The employee's right index fingertip was partially amputated.

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