# Amputations at Voith US Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020088193` · 8/28/2020 · AUSTELL, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Voith US Inc.
- **Location:** 1831 Veterans Memorial Highway, AUSTELL, GEORGIA, 30168
- **NAICS:** 333291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a band saw to cut a block of wood when the wood became jammed. As he attempted to unjam the wood, the saw blade amputated a quarter inch of his left thumb tip (no bone loss).

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