# Amputations at Helwig Carbon Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110628` · 11/4/2017 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Helwig Carbon Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 8900 W. Tower Ave, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53224
- **NAICS:** 335991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a band saw to cut a carbon brush when the saw amputated the employee's fingertip.

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