# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Central Steel and Wire Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024043544` · 4/24/2024 · UNIVERSITY PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Stationary saws  band
- **Secondary source:** Vises, clamps
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Steel and Wire Company, LLC
- **Location:** 23301 Central Avenue, UNIVERSITY PARK, ILLINOIS, 60484
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 24, 2024, an employee was loading steel stock onto a band saw. As the employee went to manually close the vise, their right index finger got caught between the material on the table and the moving vise, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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