# Amputations at Middleton Building Supply Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231110726` · 11/21/2023 · MIDDLETON, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Planing mills
## Employer
- **Name:** Middleton Building Supply Inc.
- **Location:** 5 Kings Highway, MIDDLETON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03887
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a planer. As they went to remove a jammed 5x5 piece of lumber, it dislodged and contacted their left middle fingertip, amputating it at the nailbed.

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