# Amputations at PHIFER INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `2021064741` · 6/10/2021 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** PHIFER INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 4400 Kauloosa Avenue, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a band saw with a shuttle vice and a machine vice. The machine vice closed on the employee's pinky finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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