# Amputations at Allegheny Dimension
> OSHA SIR `2018010144` · 1/5/2018 · MOOREFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Allegheny Dimension
- **Location:** 390 Industrial Park Road, MOOREFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA, 26836
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 5, 2018, at approximately 2:30 p.m., an employee was attempting to unjam a board from a machine when the employee made contact with the hogger head wheel, resulting in an amputation to the right index finger. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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