# Amputations at Welter Forest Products
> OSHA SIR `2023109215` · 10/5/2023 · WEYAUWEGA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Welter Forest Products
- **Location:** 949 Lakeview Lane, WEYAUWEGA, WISCONSIN, 54983
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tailing logs with a chainsaw. As they set the chainsaw on a log, the chain contacted the employee's left index finger, fracturing it. The fingertip was surgically amputated.

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