# Amputations at BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017054735` · 5/25/2017 · PRENTICE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC.
- **Location:** 400 RED PINE COURT, PRENTICE, WISCONSIN, 54556
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a board that was lodged in the infeed of an edger when his right ring finger made contact with the cutter-head and was amputated.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*