# Amputations at Hope Enterprises, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171211416` · 12/1/2017 · SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
## 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:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Hope Enterprises, LLC
- **Location:** 6370 US Hwy 1 N., SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, 32086
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 1, 2017, at 1:40 p.m., an employee was cutting stock metal with a horizontal metal band saw. He attempted to align the stock metal and his hand was caught and drawn into the band saw blade, severing the three outer fingers of his right hand.

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