# Amputations at Jim C. Hamer Company
> OSHA SIR `2018076980` · 7/11/2018 · DANVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Chippers
- **Secondary source:** Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Jim C. Hamer Company
- **Location:** 11474 Spruce River Road, DANVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, 25053
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 10:30 a.m. on July 11, 2018, an employee was clearing wood dust from a horizontal belt near the chipper. He was using a piece of wood to knock the dust from the belt; the belt splice caught the piece of wood and pulled his finger into a belt roller. The tip of his right thumb was amputated.

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