# Amputations at Rushmore Forest Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015048980` · 4/10/2015 · HILL CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Rushmore Forest Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 23848 HWY 385 SOUTH, HILL CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57745
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a conveyor that moves wood products. The employee attempted to remove a board from the moving conveyor and struck his right fingers against the angle iron on the frame of the conveyor resulting in a fracture to the right index finger and an ablation to the right ring finger that required the tip to be medically amputated.

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