# Amputations at Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076816` · 7/20/2020 · SMOOT, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Logs
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 345 Grassy Meadows Road, SMOOT, WEST VIRGINIA, 24977
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chain hoist to lift a cant from a conveyor. The cant swung and crushed the employee's fingers against the conveyor frame resulting in amputation of the left ring and pinky fingers.

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