# Amputations at Taylors Iron Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211489` · 12/19/2023 · WATKINSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Taylors Iron Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 1081 Industrial Drive, WATKINSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30677
- **NAICS:** 332323
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a piece of wire into a saw blade. The saw caught the wire and pulled the employee's hand into the blade, causing a right index fingertip amputation without bone loss.

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