# Amputations at Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool
> OSHA SIR `20221210518` · 12/2/2022 · WRIGHT CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Band saws
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool
- **Location:** 10 Cooperative Way, WRIGHT CITY, MISSOURI, 63390
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went to move a cut piece of steel forward and the band saw blade caught his nylon glove and pulled his finger into the saw blade. A fingertip on his left hand was amputated.

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