# Amputations involving bone loss at W & W - AFCO Steel LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024010750` · 1/24/2024 · GREELEY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Stationary saws  band
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** W & W - AFCO Steel LLC
- **Location:** 31455 Weld County Road 39 1/2, GREELEY, COLORADO, 80631
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead bridge crane to position a piece of steel on a band saw. The employee went to stabilize the piece when the hydraulic clamp closed on the employee's little finger. The finger was surgically amputated at the first knuckle.

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