# Amputations at Madix, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032610` · 3/23/2023 · ECLECTIC, ALABAMA
## 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:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Madix, Inc.
- **Location:** 500 Madix Drive, ECLECTIC, ALABAMA, 36024
- **NAICS:** 337215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 23, 2023, at approximately 9:00 AM, an employee was operating an automated saw. As the employee went to adjust the coolant sprayers, the rotating blades caught his glove and pulled his hand in, resulting in three left-hand finger amputations.

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