# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at INDUSTRIAL WELDING AND SUPPLY CO.
> OSHA SIR `2025054291` · 5/7/2025 · STERLING, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **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:** INDUSTRIAL WELDING AND SUPPLY CO.
- **Location:** 140 CUCAROLA RD., STERLING, COLORADO, 80751
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a band saw to cut 3-inch square tubing. He reached for steel tape that was left on the tubing and the blade lacerated his middle finger. The employee sustained an amputation of the right middle fingertip.

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