# Amputations at Hackney Ladish
> OSHA SIR `2018021700` · 2/19/2018 · RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Hackney Ladish
- **Location:** 708 Elmira Ave, RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72802
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an industrial band saw that is equipped with a hydraulic pipe clamp when his hand was caught between the clamp and the pipe he was cutting. His two left middle fingers were amputated. The band saw was unguarded at the time.

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