# Amputations at Hinchcliff Limber Company
> OSHA SIR `2017087979` · 8/18/2017 · HENDRICKS, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hinchcliff Limber Company
- **Location:** RR 72 South, HENDRICKS, WEST VIRGINIA, 26271
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was throwing a board over a cross-over belt when his right index finger was smashed between the board and a piece of metal, amputating his fingertip.

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