# Amputations at Weyerhaeuser Company
> OSHA SIR `2018010480` · 1/16/2018 · EMERSON, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Weyerhaeuser Company
- **Location:** 101 Columbia 14 W, EMERSON, ARKANSAS, 71740
- **NAICS:** 321212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was raking wood debris from the floor of a step feeder while a second employee was on top of the step feeder using a picaroon to unplug wood from an opening that was full of debris. A piece of wood fell 10 feet through the opening and struck the first employee's left pinky finger, amputating it behind the nail.

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