# Amputations at Kaiser Aluminum Alexco
> OSHA SIR `2018011034` · 1/31/2018 · CHANDLER, ARIZONA
## 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:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kaiser Aluminum Alexco
- **Location:** 6520 W. Allison Rd, CHANDLER, ARIZONA, 85226
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was operating a 90-ton saw to cut aluminum when the blade amputated the employee's left index fingertip to the second joint and middle fingertip to the first joint.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*