# Amputations at Quanex Building Products
> OSHA SIR `2015097055` · 9/24/2015 · RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Quanex Building Products
- **Location:** 311 W Coleman Street, RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN, 54868
- **NAICS:** 337212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting material with a double miter saw. While attempting to clear a piece of material from under the machine's housing, her left hand contacted the saw blade, amputating her finger at the second knuckle.

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