# Amputations at Universal Forest Products LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065786` · 6/23/2017 · CHARLES TOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Forest Products LLC
- **Location:** Bardane Facility, CHARLES TOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, 25414
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 23, 2017, at approximately 6:30 a.m., an employee was prepping plywood to be cut on a panel saw. The employee's finger was pinched between a bundle of plywood and rollers on a roller bed, amputating the right index fingertip.

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