# Amputations at The Heil Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087764` · 8/14/2017 · FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** The Heil Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 106 45th Street NE, FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA, 35967
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting steel bars with a horizontal bandsaw when the blade amputated his right small finger.

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