# Amputations at Earle M. Jorgensen Company
> OSHA SIR `2017076482` · 7/13/2017 · SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Earle M. Jorgensen Company
- **Location:** 1900 Mitchell Blvd., SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS, 60193
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a horizontal band saw when the blade amputated his right pinky, ring, and middle fingers.

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