# Amputations at AirBorn, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054506` · 5/14/2020 · GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AirBorn, Inc.
- **Location:** 3500 AirBorn Circle, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, 78626
- **NAICS:** 423690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a cable-cutting machine to cut wires. The wires got caught inside the machine, and the employee was trying to get them unstuck when the machine cycled and amputated the employee's middle and index fingertips. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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