# Amputations at West Fraser Augusta Lumber Mill
> OSHA SIR `20181111694` · 11/13/2018 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** West Fraser Augusta Lumber Mill
- **Location:** 2474 Doug Barnard Parkway, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30906
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 7:20 p.m. on November 13, 2018, a maintenance worker was installing a plastic clevis pin in the fully extended ram of an air-pressurized pneumatic cylinder. The clevis/pin ram caused a fracture and laceration to his right index fingertip that later resulted in a medical amputation.

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