# Amputations involving bone loss at C.A. Curtze Co. dba Specialty Steak Services
> OSHA SIR `20241110331` · 11/5/2024 · ERIE, 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:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** C.A. Curtze Co. dba Specialty Steak Services
- **Location:** 1109 Downing Ave., ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16511
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a horizontal band saw to cut pork loins when his left hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained the amputation of three fingers.

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