# Amputations at Day & Zimmerman Kansas, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015031565` · 3/29/2015 · BURLINGTON, KANSAS
## 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:** Day & Zimmerman Kansas, LLC
- **Location:** 1550 Oxen Ln., BURLINGTON, KANSAS, 66839
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hydraulic vise to secure an "I" beam to the band saw table. The power switch on the vise was triggered, causing the loss of his left-hand middle finger. The employee was hospitalized.

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