# Amputations at U.S. Axle, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087812` · 8/15/2017 · POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Arm saws, radial arm saws
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Axle, Inc.
- **Location:** 275 SHOEMAKER ROAD, POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19464
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a radial arm saw to cut packing material when the saw blade amputated his left middle fingertip and part of his left index finger.

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