# Amputations at Ferrara Fire Apparatus
> OSHA SIR `20181010671` · 10/16/2018 · HOLDEN, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Ferrara Fire Apparatus
- **Location:** 27855 james Chapel North rd., HOLDEN, LOUISIANA, 70744
- **NAICS:** 336112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of angle iron with a horizontal fixed-stand band saw when the employee's left index finger entered the point of operation. The blade then amputated the employee's left index fingertip just below the cuticle.

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