# Amputations at Core Brace
> OSHA SIR `2020032577` · 3/19/2020 · POCATELLO, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Core Brace
- **Location:** 669 W Quinn Rd, POCATELLO, IDAHO, 83201
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting plastic when his right thumb came into contact with the blade of a floor-mounted vertical bandsaw. The thumb tip was amputated.

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