# Amputations at Castone Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015053305` · 5/30/2015 · OPELIKA, ALABAMA
## 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:** Castone Corporation
- **Location:** 1151 Old Columbus Road, OPELIKA, ALABAMA, 36804
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a band saw when the saw bound up on him, kicked back, and pulled his hand into the blade, amputating his left-hand, first thumb digit.

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