# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Western Industries Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024054321` · 5/16/2024 · HUTTO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Stationary saws  band
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Industries Corporation
- **Location:** 1050 New Technology Blvd, HUTTO, TEXAS, 78634
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a resaw machine and lifted a panel with his right hand to get where he needed to work. The panel locks into an open position when it is lifted to a certain height. When the employee let go of the panel, it closed on his left hand, resulting in a cut to his ring finger that required hospitalization and a surgical fingertip amputation.

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