# Amputations at Carter Lumber
> OSHA SIR `2017065112` · 6/5/2017 · SUNBURY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Rope, twine, string
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Carter Lumber
- **Location:** 3477 North County Rd 605, SUNBURY, OHIO, 43074
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee shut the lid on a hopper, then backed away from the hopper on a forklift. At the same time, the employee was holding a rope that was attached to the hopper. The forklift then ran over the rope, drawing it taut around the employee's finger. The rope amputated the employee's right ring finger to the second knuckle.

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