# Amputations at BAILSCO BLADES & CASTINGS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020010683` · 1/22/2020 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** BAILSCO BLADES & CASTINGS, INC.
- **Location:** 9500 PAXTON RD, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71136
- **NAICS:** 331521
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a part from the permanent mold machine.  When the machine opened, the employee's glove and fingertip became caught between the ejector plate and airline, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation. Two other employees helped him release his finger.

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