# Amputations at Western Spindle, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016065562` · 6/22/2016 · TOWNSEND, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Spindle, LLC
- **Location:** 310 6th Street, TOWNSEND, MONTANA, 59644
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee amputated the ends of three fingers when a shaper/cutter grabbed a work piece and kicked it back.

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