# Amputations at ASRC Federal Primus Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2017054448` · 5/16/2017 · GREENPORT, NEW YORK
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ASRC Federal Primus Solutions
- **Location:** 40550 Route 25, GREENPORT, NEW YORK, 11944
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of aluminum angle iron with a chop saw when the saw caught the piece and pulled it out of place. The angle iron piece then cut and amputated the employee's right index finger at or above the second knuckle. The chop saw was guarded at the time.

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