# Amputations at Austal USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022086779` · 8/2/2022 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Austal USA, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Dunlap Dr., MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36602
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 6:50 a.m. on August 2, 2022, an employee was cutting an 8-inch metal bar with a miter saw. The bar moved and the employee's left index fingertip was caught between the saw and the metal, resulting in amputation.

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