# Amputations involving bone loss at Morgan Advanced Materials
> OSHA SIR `2024054288` · 5/15/2024 · COUDERSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Morgan Advanced Materials
- **Location:** 1118 East 2nd Street, COUDERSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 16915
- **NAICS:** 335991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting carbon blanks on a band saw. His hand slipped and contacted the blade, which cut three-quarters of the way through his right middle finger, resulting in medical amputation.

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