# Amputations at R & S Machine Company
> OSHA SIR `2020087847` · 8/19/2020 · PUNXSUTAWNEY, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** R & S Machine Company
- **Location:** 7687 Porter Road, PUNXSUTAWNEY, PENNSYLVANIA, 15767
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sawing tubing on a horizontal band saw. He was brushing chips away from the saw blade when it amputated his left middle fingertip just behind the nail, also lacerating his ring finger.

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