# Amputations at J.F. Berns Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212468` · 12/5/2018 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** J.F. Berns Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 11115 Ashburn Road, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45240
- **NAICS:** 333512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running the horizontal band saw. As the employee was pulling out the piece of cut tubing the saw blade caught the employee's glove and pulled his hand onto the cutting surface under the blade. The employee sustained the amputation of four fingers from his left hand.

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