# Amputations at Conifex El Dorado Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010709` · 1/22/2018 · EL DORADO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Conifex El Dorado Inc.
- **Location:** 5428 Junction City Hwy, EL DORADO, ARKANSAS, 71730
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pick-axe to unjam lumber (approximately 192 lbs.) from a machine when the lumber slipped and pinned his left pinky finger between the edge of the board and another board. His finger was pinched off below the fingernail.

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