# Amputations involving bone loss at Willard Schlabach
> OSHA SIR `20241110625` · 11/14/2024 · SULLIVAN, ILLINOIS
## 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 stationary  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Willard Schlabach
- **Location:** 1858 Cr 1300E, SULLIVAN, ILLINOIS, 61951
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a multi-head trim saw when boards got jammed in the machine's outfeed belt. The employee went to unplug the machine when the boards shifted causing the rotating saw blade to move and amputate two fingers.

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