# Amputations at Danzer Veneer Americas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098297` · 9/8/2023 · WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Axes, hatchets
## Employer
- **Name:** Danzer Veneer Americas, Inc.
- **Location:** 240 Reach Road, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 17701
- **NAICS:** 321211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hatchet to cut a dangling shoe lace from his boot. As the employee swung the hatchet down, the top of his left thumb was partially amputated.

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