# Amputations at Spectrum Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076259` · 7/7/2017 · CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Spectrum Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 925 First Avenue, CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN, 54729
- **NAICS:** 337127
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 7, 2017, at approximately 10:15 a.m., an employee was prepping material to be cut on a bandsaw. When he went to put a spacer between the bandsaw clamp, the clamp closed on and crushed his left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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