# Amputations at H & H Castings, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2015020529` · 2/18/2015 · YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Band saws
- **Secondary source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
## Employer
- **Name:** H & H Castings, Incorporated
- **Location:** 4300 Lincoln Highway, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17406
- **NAICS:** 331528
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a wax/grease stick to grease the blade of a horizontal band saw. The blade yanked the stick, pulling the employee's hand into the blade amputating the left middle finger.

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