# Amputations at PKM Steel Service Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020010998` · 1/30/2020 · SALINA, KANSAS
## 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:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** PKM Steel Service Inc
- **Location:** 228 E Avenue A, SALINA, KANSAS, 67401
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was measuring the length of an I-beam prior to cross cutting it on a band saw when his right hand was caught between the remote-controlled pneumatic clamp and the back fence of the saw where the I-beams are secured prior to cutting. Three fingers on the right hand were broken and the employee's ring finger was amputated below the first joint.

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