# Amputations at Seaway Manufacturing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015096311` · 9/1/2015 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Seaway Manufacturing Corporation
- **Location:** 2250 E. 33rd Street, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16510
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a chop saw to cut pieces of aluminum. He was holding a piece of aluminum in place while making a cut when his right-hand thumb contacted the saw blade. He suffered a partial amputation of the thumb.

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