# Amputations at Lincoln Wood Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099760` · 9/20/2018 · MERRILL, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lincoln Wood Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 1400 W. Taylor St., MERRILL, WISCONSIN, 54452
- **NAICS:** 321911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding wood pieces to be cut by a bead cutter. The machine actuated and its sharp blade amputated the tip of her left middle finger.

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