# Amputations involving bone loss at Lumber and Things, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024076278` · 7/11/2024 · KEYSER, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Stationary sawing machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Lumber and Things, Inc
- **Location:** 442 Harland Ritter Drive Road, KEYSER, WEST VIRGINIA, 26726
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting the chain back on the sprocket of a saw when the engine started. The employee's middle and ring fingers were amputated to the top knuckle.

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