# Amputations at PotlatchDeltic
> OSHA SIR `2023109916` · 10/26/2023 · WALDO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PotlatchDeltic
- **Location:** 1720 US-82, WALDO, ARKANSAS, 71770
- **NAICS:** 113310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 26, 2023, at 1:00 AM, an employee was unjamming a locked-out belt on a machine that sets up wooden boards. When the wood came out, it impacted his right hand, knocking it into a guard. The guard of the machine then amputated the middle finger at the middle knuckle.

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