# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Universal Forest Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025021881` · 2/26/2025 · ASHBURN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Stationary sawing machinery stationary  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Rods, reinforcing bar (rebar) metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Forest Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 154 Sunbelt Drive, ASHBURN, GEORGIA, 31714
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to unjam a board in a ripsaw. The metal rod the employee was using slipped and caught his left index finger against the saw guard, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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