# Amputations at Dollar Tree Distribution Center-Joliet
> OSHA SIR `2016042840` · 4/5/2016 · JOLIET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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
## Employer
- **Name:** Dollar Tree Distribution Center-Joliet
- **Location:** 300 Dollar Tree Lane, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, 60436
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a band saw to cut scrap steel when the sawblade became stuck. As the employee attempted to release pressure in the blade area, the blade pulled his left-hand glove and index finger into the saw. His left index finger was amputated.

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