# Amputations at Alcom, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016021405` · 2/15/2016 · BONNER, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Alcom, LLC
- **Location:** 9063 Bonner Mill Road, BONNER, MONTANA, 59823
- **NAICS:** 333924
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting an angle on a small (5") piece of aluminum using a chop-saw. The material kicked upward and the employee's left thumb contacted the saw blade resulting in amputation of the thumb.

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