# Amputations at BOISE CASCADE, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018032475` · 3/13/2018 · OAKDALE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BOISE CASCADE, LLC
- **Location:** 140 VAN PLY ROAD/HWY 165, OAKDALE, LOUISIANA, 71463
- **NAICS:** 321212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unjam a skewed piece of wood panel from a press when the press door unexpectedly closed on his left hand, resulting in fingertip amputations to his index and ring fingers and a 1-inch amputation to his middle finger.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*