# Amputations at Leach Garner
> OSHA SIR `2016076126` · 7/8/2016 · ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Leach Garner
- **Location:** 49 Pearl Street, ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, 02703
- **NAICS:** 331491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was brushing metal chips off a horizontal band saw when the saw blade amputated his index finger. The band saw was partially guarded and running at the time of the incident.

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