# Amputations at F&S Tool, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032512` · 3/18/2017 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** F&S Tool, Inc.
- **Location:** 2300 Powell Avenue, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16506
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a roll-in band saw. He was using the roll control to move parts into the blade area and then pulling the cut parts out with his left hand. As the employee was reaching for a cut part, his left hand contacted the blade amputating the middle, ring, and pinky fingers.

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