# Amputations at Hall Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016065826` · 6/29/2016 · ELLWOOD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
- **Secondary source:** Angle irons
## Employer
- **Name:** Hall Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 USS Industrial Way, ELLWOOD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16117
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were manually handling two pieces of 3" x 3" x 3/8" angle iron that were 20-feet long, attempting to get the pieces on a band saw. As the employees moved the angle iron onto the saw, the injured employee's right pinky finger was caught between the angle iron and the saw table, amputating the fingertip.

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