# Amputations at Eastham Forge Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065876` · 6/26/2017 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## 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, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Eastham Forge Inc.
- **Location:** 1050 Neches Street, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77701
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 12:00 p.m., on June 26, 2017, an employee was removing a piece of steel from a hydraulic saw vice when the saw vice activated and closed on his left hand, pinching it between a piece of steel and the vice jaw. His left index, ring, and pinky fingers were lacerated, and his index finger had to be amputated near the second joint.

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