# Amputations involving bone loss at Weyerhaeuser Company
> OSHA SIR `2024042899` · 4/2/2024 · DIERKS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Lathes
- **Secondary source:** Sanders  handtool
## Employer
- **Name:** Weyerhaeuser Company
- **Location:** 13051 Highway 278, DIERKS, ARKANSAS, 71833
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanding a metal shaft on a lathe when his right thumb when under the sandpaper, resulting in the amputation of the distal portion of the thumb.

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