# Amputations at AMERICAN BOA, INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `2022119784` · 11/7/2022 · CUMMING, GEORGIA
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN BOA, INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 1485 REDI RD, CUMMING, GEORGIA, 30040
- **NAICS:** 332919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a bandsaw to cut tubes that were clamped in place. The employee heard one of the tubes move and, as she turned around to see what was going on with the saw, her right index finger went between the blade and the partially cut tubes, resulting in a partial amputation.

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