# Amputations at SB Specialty Metals LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171211502` · 12/4/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SB Specialty Metals LLC
- **Location:** 4501 West Cortland, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60639
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a steel plate saw's chip chute when his right ring finger was caught and amputated between the clamp and the chip chute. The saw was running at the time.

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