# Amputations at Homasote Company
> OSHA SIR `2015096378` · 9/2/2015 · WEST TRENTON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Homasote Company
- **Location:** 932 Lower Ferry Road, WEST TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, 08628
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee lost two joints on their right middle finger while attempting to remove scraps from in and around a moving saw blade.

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