# Amputations at U.S. Aluminum
> OSHA SIR `2015096841` · 9/17/2015 · WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Aluminum
- **Location:** 200 Singleton Drive, WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS, 75165
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was operating a saw and reached in to remove a jammed aluminum part and amputated the tip of his right ring finger.

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