# Amputations at Apache Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017088113` · 8/23/2017 · SILSBEE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Apache Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 1020 John Hare Rd, SILSBEE, TEXAS, 77656
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee operating a resaw attempted to pull a stick from a chain driving the saw. The chain caught his glove, pulling his right hand into the sprocket and chain and amputating his right index fingertip. The chain was unguarded at the time.

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