# Amputations at Perryman Company
> OSHA SIR `2023021543` · 2/17/2023 · COAL CENTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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
## Employer
- **Name:** Perryman Company
- **Location:** 625 Technology Drive, COAL CENTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 15423
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a piece of bar material inside a hydraulic vise on a band saw machine. The switch was toggled closed, crushing the employee's left middle finger in the vise. The finger was amputated.

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