# Amputations at Gutchess Hardwoods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043433` · 4/17/2017 · LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Gutchess Hardwoods Inc.
- **Location:** 185 Devereux Drive, LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15650
- **NAICS:** 321114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the green stacker laying sticks. As the last course of lumber was coming towards the employee, a paper ticket blew off. The employee pulled the e-stop and picked up the ticket and handed it to another employee (the injured employee) who contacted the machine amputating the right ring finger.

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