# Amputations at Kone Cranes Americas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015063541` · 6/9/2015 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Kone Cranes Americas, Inc.
- **Location:** 1819 E Barbours Cut Blvd., LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 333923
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a handheld band saw to cut an old thread pipe. He held the pipe with his left hand while cutting with the right. When he cut through the pipe, he also cut his left index fingertip.

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