# Amputations at Collins Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077215` · 7/17/2018 · APOPKA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Collins Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 672 Johns Rd., APOPKA, FLORIDA, 32703
- **NAICS:** 331529
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove chips from the vise in the material holding area of a band saw when the sawblade caught his left pinky, causing an amputation.

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