# Amputations at CMC Alamo Steel
> OSHA SIR `2015074973` · 7/23/2015 · VICTORIA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** CMC Alamo Steel
- **Location:** 255 Skytop Rd., VICTORIA, TEXAS, 77905
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's finger was pinched between the housing and saw blade while setting up a band saw. The employee's fingertip was cut off, requiring hospitalization.

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