# Amputations involving bone loss at Wheaton & Son's Iron Works Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024087952` · 8/27/2024 · BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Stationary saws  band
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Wheaton & Son's Iron Works Inc
- **Location:** 108 Talbot Avenue, BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA, 15104
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting cardboard with a bandsaw and amputated the top half of their right index finger.

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