# Amputations at Welter Forest Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077568` · 7/25/2018 · RICHLAND CENTER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Welter Forest Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 19717 State Highway 80, RICHLAND CENTER, WISCONSIN, 53581
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to unjam a piece of ash edging that was stuck between the belt and frame of an edging machine when the machine pulled employee's hand back into the frame, resulting in three finger amputations.

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