# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at TOWER METAL WORKS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2025021812` · 2/25/2025 · MAPLE HILL, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Stationary saws  band
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** TOWER METAL WORKS, INC.
- **Location:** 29273 WINDY HILL RD., MAPLE HILL, KANSAS, 66507
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an automatic band saw to cut parts. The employee 's left index finger was partially amputated.

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