# Amputations at Ohio Valley Stave, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129642` · 12/21/2015 · WAVERLY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ohio Valley Stave, Inc.
- **Location:** 15447 US HWY 23, WAVERLY, OHIO, 45690
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A chipper operator was using an air hose to clean the shaker screen. The employee's left thumb got caught in the belt and pulley drive amputating it to the first knuckle.

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