# Amputations at The Jim C. Hamer Company
> OSHA SIR `2017010147` · 1/6/2017 · WEBSTER SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Jim C. Hamer Company
- **Location:** 111 Mill Run Road, WEBSTER SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA, 26288
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 6, 2017, at approximately 6:00 p.m., an employee was injured while working at the cant deck in the resaw area. Standing near four motor driven chains, the employee noted two 6-8 inch cants that were not laying flat. Wearing leather gloves, the employee adjusted the cants when his left thumb became jammed between the chain and one cant, resulting in amputation of the tip of his thumb.

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