# Amputations involving bone loss at ANDRITZ SEPARATION, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024065356` · 6/17/2024 · PITTSBURG, TEXAS
## 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:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** ANDRITZ SEPARATION, INC.
- **Location:** 110 Dickson St., PITTSBURG, TEXAS, 75686
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a brass punch on the band saw. When the employee went to clamp the brass part, the part moved causing the clamp to crush the end of their right middle finger and it amputated the finger between the first knuckle and the fingernail.

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