# Amputations at Lake Shore Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021075453` · 7/3/2021 · RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Lake Shore Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 3600 Lakeshore Lane, RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN, 54501
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a CNC bandsaw with an automatic material loading shuttle and clamping mechanism. The wood that the machine was shuttling into the clamping area was tipping, and the employee reached over to stabilize it for the clamp. The clamp closed on the employee's right index finger and amputated the fingertip.

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