# Amputations at Acuity International LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098135` · 9/5/2023 · HAWTHORNE, NEVADA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Acuity International LLC
- **Location:** 2 South Maine Avenue, HAWTHORNE, NEVADA, 89415
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was operating a chop saw to cut cardboard tubes when his left arm was caught under the blade. The employee suffered an amputation at the left wrist that required surgery to reattach.

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