# Amputations at Encore Furniture
> OSHA SIR `2015118992` · 11/16/2015 · PONTOTOC, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Encore Furniture
- **Location:** 388 Highway 15 South, PONTOTOC, MISSISSIPPI, 38863
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting wood tack strips with a band saw and suffered a partial amputation of the left index finger.

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