# Amputations at Besse Forest Products Group
> OSHA SIR `2023076930` · 7/31/2023 · RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN
## 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, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Besse Forest Products Group
- **Location:** 38 E. MESSENGER ST., RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN, 54868
- **NAICS:** 321211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was marking logs on a log chain conveyor when their finger was caught between two logs. His right middle finger was crushed and the fingertip was amputated.

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