# Amputations involving bone loss at McCown Veneers
> OSHA SIR `20241110527` · 11/11/2024 · BULLARD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Chippers
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** McCown Veneers
- **Location:** 49759 US Highway 69, BULLARD, TEXAS, 75757
- **NAICS:** 321211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in a wood chipper when they slipped and their right foot went into the chipper, resulting in amputation of the right leg at the knee.

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