# Amputations at Howard Industries
> OSHA SIR `2017077241` · 7/31/2017 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Howard Industries
- **Location:** 580 Eastview Drive, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39443
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting 4" round solid bar stock on a band saw. When the employee reached to retrieve a part, the blade amputated part of the index and middle fingers.

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