# Amputations involving bone loss at Boise Cascade
> OSHA SIR `20241110535` · 11/12/2024 · HOMEDALE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Boring, reaming, routing, notching machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Boise Cascade
- **Location:** 4318 Pioneer Rd, HOMEDALE, IDAHO, 83628
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing over from running 3 1/8 to 5 1/8 beams at the sander on the finish line and placed a 2x6 board under the sander side head. The machine grabbed the board, pulling their left hand into the sander side head and causing a severe laceration on the left index finger and thumb. The index finger was amputated.

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