# Amputations at Fairbanks Scales Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019044365` · 4/30/2019 · MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fairbanks Scales Inc.
- **Location:** 239 69th Ave, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39307
- **NAICS:** 333997
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a saw. As the employee tried to remove the trim piece with his left hand, the clamp closed and pinched his left index finger between the clamp and the material causing an amputation of the distal phalanx.

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