# Amputations at Weyerhaeuser Company
> OSHA SIR `2018021859` · 2/23/2018 · DIERKS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Planing mills
## Employer
- **Name:** Weyerhaeuser Company
- **Location:** 120 Main St, DIERKS, ARKANSAS, 71833
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove part of a broken board from the planer machine and made contact with the cutting head. The employee's right hand thumb, index and middle fingers were amputated.

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