# Amputations at Multimetco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017099321` · 9/28/2017 · ANNISTON, ALABAMA
## 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:** Multimetco, Inc.
- **Location:** 1610 Frank Akers Road, ANNISTON, ALABAMA, 36207
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a horizontal band saw when the blade amputated his middle and index fingers.

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