# Amputations involving bone loss at Fort Walton Machining, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098882` · 9/23/2024 · FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
## 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:** Vises, clamps
## Employer
- **Name:** Fort Walton Machining, Inc.
- **Location:** 43 Jet Drive NW, FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, 32548
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a horizontal band saw. When he reached for the piece that he had just cut, his left hand contacted the switch that controls the vise clamp on the saw. The vise clamp engaged and closed on his left little finger. The employee sustained a finger amputation.

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