# Amputations at Aviagen Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021598` · 2/12/2019 · ELKMONT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Table saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Aviagen Inc.
- **Location:** 19780 Sandlin Road, ELKMONT, ALABAMA, 35620
- **NAICS:** 112340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting down packaging materials to build cardboard pallets for export orders. His  fingers contacted the table saw blade causing a left middle fingertip amputation and a laceration to the left index finger requiring stiches.

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