# Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at Hydro Extrusions USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024010480` · 1/17/2024 · CRESSONA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Stationary saws  band
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Hydro Extrusions USA, LLC
- **Location:** 53 POTTSVILLE STREET, CRESSONA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17929
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a vertical bandsaw to cut an extrusion of aluminum when an exposed section of the blade contacted their right thumb, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation without bone or joint loss.

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