# Amputations at Irwin Seating Company
> OSHA SIR `2016076377` · 7/14/2016 · ALTAMONT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Irwin Seating Company
- **Location:** 610 Cumberland Road, ALTAMONT, ILLINOIS, 62411
- **NAICS:** 337127
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 07/14/2016, at approximately 11:15 a.m., an employee was using a saw to cut 4'x8' panels. As the employee was retracting the table back to its starting position, the blade cut the employee's right-hand middle, ring, and pinky fingers, amputating the pinky and ring fingertips.

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