# Amputations at Appalachian Wood Floors
> OSHA SIR `2018043933` · 4/24/2018 · PORTSMOUTH, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Boring, routing, notching machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Appalachian Wood Floors
- **Location:** 838 Campbell Ave., PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, 45662
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a shaper machine (table mounted router) when the employee's hand slipped and went into the bit resulting in amputation of skin on the left middle fingertip.

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