# Amputations at Materion Advanced Materials Technologies & Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010138` · 1/5/2018 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## 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:** Materion Advanced Materials Technologies & Services Inc.
- **Location:** 2978 Main Street, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14214
- **NAICS:** 331410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a band saw to cut a small metal piece when the piece became wedged by the saw blade and flipped with such force that it amputated the employee's right index fingertip.

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