# Amputations at Reliable Machine & Engineering, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065407` · 6/13/2017 · POLO, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Reliable Machine & Engineering, Inc.
- **Location:** 8007 SW Hwy 116, POLO, MISSOURI, 64671
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a band saw to cut metal parts and severed the tip of his left middle finger. There was no bone loss.

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