# Amputations at Air Distributors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212554` · 12/7/2018 · DUNNELLON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Band saws
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Air Distributors, Inc.
- **Location:** 2541 W. Dunnellon Rd, DUNNELLON, FLORIDA, 34433
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a horizontal bandsaw. Their glove became caught pulling their hand/thumb into the blade. The employee suffered the amputation of the right thumb tip.

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