# Amputations involving bone loss at Naeger Forest Products Inc
> OSHA SIR `20241110562` · 11/12/2024 · SAINTE GENEVIEVE, MISSOURI
## 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:** Stationary sawing machinery stationary  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Naeger Forest Products Inc
- **Location:** 21894 State Highway B, SAINTE GENEVIEVE, MISSOURI, 63670
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing cants through an edger to make 2 x 4 lumber. The employee used a sliver of wood to clear debris out of the saw entry when the edger blade contacted their left hand, resulting in partial finger amputations near the knuckle line. The machine was guarded with a track rail at the time of the incident.

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