# Amputations at West Fraser, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010381` · 1/12/2017 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** West Fraser, Inc.
- **Location:** 109 Halsema Rd. S., JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32220
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a jammed piece of wood from a waste wood vibrator conveyor and his index finger was pinched between the wood and the vibrator conveyor, amputating his fingertip down to the bone.

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