# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Boise Cascade
> OSHA SIR `2024065106` · 6/10/2024 · LENA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Boring, planing, milling machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Boise Cascade
- **Location:** 8835 HWY 1, LENA, LOUISIANA, 71447
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing veneer from a composer machine using a pipe pole. The employee made contact with the blade in the machine, which partially amputated the employee's left thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

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