# Amputations involving bone loss at Baird Brothers Sawmill Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241010089` · 10/30/2024 · CANFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Stacking machinery
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Baird Brothers Sawmill Inc.
- **Location:** 7060 CRORY RD., CANFIELD, OHIO, 44406
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a lumber stacker machine when it jammed. The employee went underneath to pull the fencing barrier guard to access the equipment and then pulled the chain on the tilt hoist. The hoist came down on his hand. The employee sustained an amputation of the left thumb to the first knuckle and the middle and ring fingertips. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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