# Amputations at BAILSCO BLADES & CASTINGS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20191010534` · 10/8/2019 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Drills-stationary
## Employer
- **Name:** BAILSCO BLADES & CASTINGS, INC.
- **Location:** 9500 PAXTON RD, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71136
- **NAICS:** 331521
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 8, 2019, an employee was using a radial arm drill press to balance a propeller when the drill press amputated the employee's left thumb at the first knuckle.

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