# Amputations at INTERFOR U.S. INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023098849` · 9/25/2023 · MONTICELLO, ARKANSAS
## 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:** INTERFOR U.S. INC.
- **Location:** 211 Old Troy Rd, MONTICELLO, ARKANSAS, 71655
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was monitoring the flow of lumber into the edger and straightening cants/lumber for proper infeed when his hand was struck by a cant. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated without bone loss.

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