# Amputations at Forkey Construction & Fabrication Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010647` · 1/22/2016 · CORTLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Forkey Construction & Fabrication Inc.
- **Location:** 3690 Luker Road, CORTLAND, NEW YORK, 13045
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing material into a band saw to be cut. When he activated the vise control to hold the material, his finger was caught between the material and vise, amputating his left middle fingertip.

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