# Amputations at Armstrong Flooring, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088877` · 8/28/2018 · BEVERLY, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Armstrong Flooring, Inc.
- **Location:** Route 250 South, BEVERLY, WEST VIRGINIA, 26253
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was straightening an 8-foot long board on a conveyor when his finger became pinched between the board he was moving and a board underneath. As he pulled his hand back, his left index fingertip was partially amputated.

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