# Amputations at BWJ Metal Works, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023010858` · 1/27/2023 · ABILENE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** BWJ Metal Works, LLC
- **Location:** 3125 East Hwy 80, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79601
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a band saw to set up steel tubing when their finger was crushed in the hydraulic clamp, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

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