# Amputations at The Molding Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221210887` · 12/15/2022 · CHERRYVALE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Band saws
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** The Molding Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 727 N. Liberty Street, CHERRYVALE, KANSAS, 67335
- **NAICS:** 333511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a part on a band saw. The saw caught his glove and pulled in his finger, its blade amputating two joints of his left little finger.

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