# Amputations involving bone loss at Mason's Forest Products
> OSHA SIR `2025043384` · 4/11/2025 · RUSTON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Stationary sawing machinery stationary  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Mason's Forest Products
- **Location:** 5571 U.S. 167, RUSTON, LOUISIANA, 71270
- **NAICS:** 333243
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were using a plywood chop saw. The injured employee was holding one end of the saw with their right hand when the operator on the other end pressed the start button. The saw blade contacted the injured employee's right hand, resulting in multiple finger amputations when it amputated the hand above the thumb.

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