# Amputations at Anvil International, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019099194` · 9/5/2019 · NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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:** Anvil International, LLC
- **Location:** 160 Frenchtown Rd., NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND, 02852
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A flat bar was being cut on an automatic horizontal bandsaw. A piece of steel tubing was being used to guide the parts being cut into a bin. The tubing moved and the rotating sawblade caught an employee's glove. His left index finger was partially amputated.

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