# Amputations at Blanca Forestry Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211428` · 12/15/2023 · BLANCA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Blanca Forestry Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 29492 County Road 12, BLANCA, COLORADO, 81123
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a catwalk over a buck saw conveyor to check for a hydraulic leak on a pin stop. Their right leg got caught in the conveyor machinery, resulting in a leg amputation.

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