# Amputations at Blue-Grass Concrete Cutting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021076065` · 7/23/2021 · JACKSON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Blue-Grass Concrete Cutting, Inc.
- **Location:** Package Company of America/Boise Paper Plant, JACKSON, ALABAMA, 36545
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying out a diamond wire cutting process on a tank. When the employee pulled on the diamond wire cable, his right ring finger was pinched between it and the pulley. The finger was amputated to the last knuckle.

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