# Amputations involving bone loss at Welders Supply Company
> OSHA SIR `2024010888` · 1/29/2024 · BELOIT, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Stationary saws  band
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Welders Supply Company
- **Location:** 20 Park Ave., BELOIT, WISCONSIN, 53511
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting the rollers and conveyor leading to the blade of a band resaw. The employee's right hand contacted the moving blade, resulting in complete amputation of the fourth and fifth fingers, and partial amputation of the thumb, index, and middle fingers.

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