# Amputations at APPH WICHITA
> OSHA SIR `20201211936` · 12/22/2020 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** APPH WICHITA
- **Location:** 1445 S. SIERRA DR., WICHITA, KANSAS, 67209
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a steel bar with a bandsaw. The sawblade caught the employee's glove, causing a soft-tissue amputation to the left middle finger.

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