# Amputations at Esco Laminating Texas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087982` · 8/18/2017 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Esco Laminating Texas, Inc.
- **Location:** 4901 Steinbeck Bend Dr., WACO, TEXAS, 76708
- **NAICS:** 327420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a saw when he heard a pop sound. He turned off the saw and was inspecting it when then the still-rotating blade amputated his left index finger. The blade cover was removed at the time of the incident.

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