# Amputations at Lamothermic Precision Investment Casting Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2016021305` · 2/11/2016 · BREWSTER, NEW YORK
## 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:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lamothermic Precision Investment Casting Corp.
- **Location:** 391 Rt 312, BREWSTER, NEW YORK, 10509
- **NAICS:** 331512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting castings off of trees with a saw when the sawblade caught or broke and pulled his hand into the blade.  His right-hand ring finger was amputated, and the back of his hand was lacerated.

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